Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs, Ming-hsin Kung, joined senior US State Department officials on January 27, 2026, in the US to conclude the sixth US-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue (EPPD). The two sides signed a joint statement on the Pax Silica Declaration and US-Taiwan Cooperation on Economic Security.
Apple has long built its brand around a tightly integrated hardware and services ecosystem. In AI and high-performance computing (HPC), however, the platform has been limited by the absence of support for Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem. The open-source AI agent Moltbot, formerly known as Clawdbot, is now breaking that barrier, driving renewed developer interest in the Mac mini.
Foxconn's subsidiary, Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), is accelerating its operational shift toward the high-performance computing market, driven by dual engines of cloud and AI businesses. FII highlighted that in 2025, cloud service provider (CSP) related operations will become the main growth driver, especially as AI servers and high-performance general-purpose servers ramp up. This expansion in cloud product lines not only fuels rapid revenue growth but also significantly enhances FII's product mix and profitability structure.
OpenAI is pursuing a landmark funding round, potentially reaching US$100 billion to fuel its escalating AI infrastructure needs amid intense competition. Major tech giants and existing backers are advancing discussions, aiming to bolster the company's position against rivals.
In January 2025, while the global AI and semiconductor industries remained focused on advanced process nodes and high-performance GPUs, China's large-scale model DeepSeek-R1 emerged unexpectedly.
Meta is outlining an AI monetization roadmap that extends beyond advertising, signaling plans to layer subscriptions, business tools, and commerce features on top of its core platforms as new models are deployed, while maintaining ads as the primary growth engine in the near term.
Meta is sharpening its AI device strategy, redirecting investment toward smart glasses and wearables as management signals urgency in shaping the next consumer computing platform, with implications for hardware ecosystems, AI deployment, and the long-term role of virtual and augmented reality.
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.
Meta is preparing for a steep increase in capital spending in 2026 as it scales AI infrastructure to support "personal superintelligence," signaling a longer-term roadmap centered on silicon, energy and compute efficiency that could reshape its cost structure and competitive positioning.
Celestica, a global supplier of data center infrastructure and advanced technology manufacturing, reported sharply higher revenue and earnings in the fourth quarter of 2025, a performance that reflects the accelerating demand for artificial intelligence–driven computing systems and the company's growing role in the global AI supply chain.
Microsoft's earnings conference call for the fiscal second quarter of 2026 underscored a company accelerating into an AI-first era—while also confronting investor scrutiny over the scale of its infrastructure spending.
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