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AI Infrastructure

Data centres, power and the physical cost of intelligence.

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• Hyderabad leads emergence of India’s new data centre hubs (2026-09-17)
• China's Huawei sets 2027 launch for new AI chips as it targets Nvidia (2026-09-17)
• Snap partners with Salesforce, Nvidia and AWS for enterprise augmented-reality glasses — Consumer-focused AR device makers are building workplace tools to compete for corporate budgets. (2026-09-17)
• Apple planning M-series Ultra server for enterprise AI, targeting 2029 launch — Apple's return to servers signals confidence in custom silicon scaling beyond consumer devices. (2026-09-16)
• New report warns AI data centre e-waste could reach 23 million shipping containers by 2050 — The environmental cost of training and running frontier models is far larger than previously calculated. (2026-09-16)
• Fujifilm to build ₹800 crore semiconductor materials facility in India — Japan's chemical expertise backs India's push for domestic semiconductor supply chains. (2026-09-16)
• PM Modi chairs roundtable with global semiconductor leaders ahead of Semicon India 2026 — India signals intent to deepen ties with chip makers on manufacturing, design and talent as semiconductor competition intensifies. (2026-09-16)
• Google lets third-party AI agents control smart home devices — The Model Context Protocol standardises how external agents interact with connected home systems. (2026-09-16)
• NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 delivers leading performance in MLPerf Inference v6.1 — System performance gains translate directly to inference economics: more tokens per dollar, efficient scaling, continuous software optimisation. (2026-09-16)
• Apple develops enterprise AI server with M8 Ultra chips — Apple returns to servers with custom silicon, targeting developers and governments with in-house AI compute. (2026-09-16)
• Huawei expects autonomous agents to dominate global AI traffic by 2035 — China's computing infrastructure race intensifies as agents threaten to reshape network demand and security requirements. (2026-09-16)
• Google, NVIDIA and Emerald AI form coalition to manage data centre power use — As AI factories scale, coordinating electricity demand with grid capacity becomes as critical as compute itself. (2026-09-16)
• India approves semiconductor projects worth ₹1.6 lakh crore as chip build-out accelerates — Materials science and advanced packaging are becoming as critical as lithography to India's chip sovereignty ambitions. (2026-09-16)
• University of Manchester uses NVIDIA Earth-2 to forecast air pollution across UK — AI-powered climate simulation offers cheaper, more frequent air quality predictions than traditional chemistry models. (2026-09-16)
• Anthropic signs first Australia data centre lease agreement — The AI company is expanding compute capacity outside the US, tapping Australia's renewable energy and favourable policy environment. (2026-09-16)
• Poll shows majority of US voters oppose AI data centre construction — Political headwinds are building against the infrastructure that powers AI itself. (2026-09-15)
• Philadelphia considers AI data centre in area affected by defunct oil refinery — Cities are discovering that the infrastructure boom's environmental footprint mirrors industrial legacies they are still recovering from. (2026-09-15)
• China's open AI models cut India's development costs but risk future dependency — Cheaper training unlocks opportunity for Indian builders, but reliance on Chinese infrastructure may constrain sovereignty. (2026-09-15)
• BRICS framework positioned as alternative to geopolitical AI development model — An emerging bloc argues AI governance need not follow great-power competition. (2026-09-15)
• US data centres could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035 — The power demands of AI infrastructure are reshaping energy markets and straining natural gas supplies at scale. (2026-09-15)
• NVIDIA highlights energy efficiency improvements at AI Infra Summit — Peak-load infrastructure design now prioritises tokens-per-watt metrics over raw compute throughput. (2026-09-15)
• Odisha to build ₹3,406 crore semiconductor facility for SiC devices — India expands advanced semiconductor capacity outside traditional manufacturing clusters. (2026-09-15)
• Applied Materials to invest Rs 3,600 crore in Karnataka for chip production — A major semiconductor equipment maker backs India's push to build domestic chip capacity. (2026-09-15)
• Gates Foundation CEO outlines what India needs to make AI an equaliser — How India deploys AI over the next 18–24 months will determine outcomes for 1.4 billion people. (2026-09-15)
• Snowflake launches dynamic model routing to optimise enterprise AI costs — Enterprise teams can now match workloads to cheaper models, reducing spend without sacrificing performance. (2026-09-15)
• Google publishes interactive ATLAS data on AI's economic impact — An open-access tool translating millions of data points makes AI's economic footprint measurable and searchable. (2026-09-15)
• European chip startup Axelera reaches 600 customers across security, defence and enterprise — A specialist AI chip maker now serving defence and enterprise customers signals sustained demand for purpose-built silicon beyond hyperscaler chips. (2026-09-15)
• India's semiconductor sector raises $1.4 billion since 2025 — Two major private equity rounds in domestic chip design and manufacturing signal sustained investor confidence in India's hardware ambitions. (2026-09-15)
• MIC Electronics establishes unit for defence and aerospace AI technologies — An Indian electronics manufacturer enters AI-enabled defence systems, signalling corporate appetite for emerging military tech markets. (2026-09-15)
• MediaTek launches Dimensity 9600 Pro using TSMC's 2-nanometre process — Taiwan's chip designer moves closer to cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing alongside major handset makers. (2026-09-15)