A company with roots in Bitcoin mining says production has begun on the first wave of its humanoid robots, with plans to deploy 143 machines at an AI data center campus. There is just one problem: despite the bold claims, the announcement offers few of the details that would normally accompany a robotics project of this scale.
OpenAI claims it uncovered China-linked influence campaigns that used ChatGPT to shape discussions around AI infrastructure, data centers, tariffs, and U.S. technology policy. The company says the efforts failed to gain meaningful traction, but the report raises questions about how foreign actors may attempt to influence America’s AI future.
Meta has launched America’s Workforce Academy, a new skilled trades initiative that offers free training, industry certifications, and guaranteed jobs for graduates. The company says the program will help build the workforce needed for America’s growing AI infrastructure boom, though some may worry a flood of new workers could eventually impact wages in the trades.
Samsung has started shipping industry first HBM4E memory samples as the AI infrastructure race pushes demand for faster bandwidth, better thermals, and improved power efficiency in next generation data centers.
Zyphra is betting big on AMD with 15 megawatts of Instinct MI355X GPU capacity as AI companies keep searching for alternatives to NVIDIA.
Anthropic says Claude users are getting higher limits thanks to a giant SpaceX compute agreement, but partnering with Elon Musk could create unexpected backlash for the AI company.
Microsoft and OpenAI are still partners, but their updated deal opens the door to other clouds and less exclusivity.
Meta is going all-in on AWS Graviton chips, deploying tens of millions of cores to handle agentic AI workloads and rethink how large-scale AI infrastructure actually runs.
Google says Nest saved billions in energy, but its Gemini AI push raises a bigger question about how much power is being used elsewhere.
AI is not just software. It is driving a massive $445 billion data center construction boom that could reshape infrastructure and energy use worldwide.
New York lawmakers are pushing a bill that would freeze new large data centers for years while the state studies their impact. Supporters call it cautious. Critics say it sends investment, jobs, and innovation straight out of New York.
OpenAI and SoftBank are jointly investing $1 billion in SB Energy to supercharge the rollout of new AI focused data center campuses in the United States. SB Energy will build OpenAI’s first 1.2GW facility in Milam County, with more multi gigawatt projects to follow starting in 2026. The companies say the plan adds jobs, power capacity, and the infrastructure needed to fuel the fast growing compute demands behind generative AI.