AI Infrastructure & Compute

X Launches Hosted MCP Server to Connect AI Assistants Directly to Its Platform

X has unveiled a hosted Model Context Protocol server, giving AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, and Grok Build direct access to the platform through

Apptronik Opens Expanded ‘Robot Park’ to Scale Training Data for Industrial Humanoid Robots

Insider Brief Apptronik has expanded its Texas humanoid-robot training facility as the company looks to gather more real-world data for robots designed for indistrial and

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South Korea Unveils $900B National AI and Semiconductor Investment Plan

South Korea has announced a sweeping $900 billion investment programme spanning memory chips, AI data centres, and physical AI infrastructure, with Samsung and SK Hynix

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Orbital Data Centers Face Scrutiny as AI Industry Debates Space-Based Compute

SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son has publicly questioned the viability of orbital data centers, arguing that the cost and timeline involved make them irrelevant

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US Government’s AI Model Review Process Poses Existential Risk to Entire Industry

The Trump administration’s tightening grip on frontier AI model releases is creating a crisis that threatens the entire AI industry, not just individual companies. Following

WIRobotics Announces Its First Robotics Technology Release Featuring the ALLEX Simulation Model

Insider Brief WIRobotics has released the simulation model for its ALLEX humanoid robot, launching what the South Korean company says will be an ongoing effort

OpenAI Unveils Jalapeño, Its First Custom AI Inference Chip Built With Broadcom

OpenAI has revealed its first custom-built AI inference processor, developed in collaboration with semiconductor giant Broadcom. Named Jalapeño, the chip was designed specifically to handle

Nvidia Claims Its New Cooling System Eliminates Data Centre Water Use, But the Full Picture is More Complicated

Nvidia has unveiled a warm-water cooling system it says can eliminate virtually all water consumption inside AI data centres, with chief sustainability officer Josh Parker

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US Commerce Secretary Accuses ASML of Shipping Advanced Chip-making Equipment to China in Major AI Export Control Dispute

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has told senior executives at Dutch chipmaker ASML that he believes one of the company’s extreme ultraviolet lithography machines may

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CPP Investments Commits $741M to Indian Data Center Operator CtrlS to Ride AI Infrastructure Wave

CPP Investments, Canada’s largest pension fund, has committed up to ₹70 billion (approximately $741 million) to Hyderabad-based data center operator CtrlS, backing India’s expanding role

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DOJ Backs xAI in NAACP Lawsuit Over Unpermitted Gas Turbines Powering AI Data Centers

The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in support of xAI in a lawsuit brought by the NAACP over the use of 57 unpermitted natural

Schneider Electric and Foxconn Collaborating on AI Data Center Infrastructure

Insider Brief Schneider Electric and Foxconn are partnering to develop and deploy pre-integrated AI data center infrastructure. Production is scheduled to begin later this year.

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