Gigabyte's AI server shipments continue to accelerate, lifting revenue and profit while prompting capacity expansion. For the first half of 2026, revenue reached NT$249.272 billion (US$7.9 billion), up 48.4% year-over-year; net profit after tax was NT$11.875 billion (US$373.3 million), up 92.6%; and earnings per share (EPS) hit NT$17.73, all record highs for the same period.
LG Group is sharpening its focus on data centers, robotics, semiconductor materials, and enterprise AI as the South Korean conglomerate refines how it allocates capital across businesses moving toward commercialization at different speeds.
Semiconductor epitaxy maker Episil Precision said on September 22 that rising demand from AI data centers has created two main growth engines. Demand for silicon photonics optical communication modules is driving a surge in germanium silicon (GeSi) epitaxy demand, with the sector projected to grow 3.5- to 4-fold in 2027 and demand visibility extending to 2028.
Chinese macroeconomist Justin Lin, dean of Peking University's Institute of New Structural Economics, made a rare appearance at a tech industry event on September 22, speaking at the 2026 Intel Technology Innovation and Industry Ecosystem Conference about the AI revolution from an economic development perspective. Intel China used the event to showcase AI applications spanning edge AI, enterprise AI, and physical AI, underscoring its push to accelerate AI deployment in China.
AI adoption is accelerating, prompting global cloud providers to step up data center investment. Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba, announced a new round of global infrastructure expansion at the 2026 Apsara Conference, with plans to broaden its data center footprint across eight countries and regions over the next 12 months.
