As artificial intelligence (AI) development accelerates, power consumption across computing platforms is climbing sharply. Competition among data and computing centers is no longer limited to server specifications or the efficiency of individual power supply units. Instead, it is moving toward rack-level integration of power distribution, cooling, energy storage, and monitoring, with implications extending into broader infrastructure design.

Asia Optical is positioning itself for what its chairman believes could be the next major consumer technology wave: humanoid robots. I-Jen Lai, the company's chairman, said Asia Optical has already entered the supply chains of humanoid robot makers in the US, Japan, and Europe, betting that the technology could eventually become as commonplace as household appliances.

The Financial Times reported that Apple's decision to partner with Google to integrate Gemini technology into the next generation of Siri was driven in part by OpenAI's ambition to develop AI products that could eventually compete with the iPhone. As potential conflicts of interest between the two companies became more pronounced, Apple opted to work with Google instead of OpenAI.