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Tuesday 20 October 2026
Malaysia says data center investors must fund transmission upgrades
Malaysia wants data center investors to bear the cost of transmission upgrades required by their projects, tying investment decisions more closely to local grid readiness. New applications...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Taiwan's behind-the-meter energy storage faces space, cost barriers as ITRI proposes three solutions
As renewable energy penetration continues to increase, energy storage systems have become essential to maintaining grid stability and supporting corporate energy transitions. However,...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
IT panel market struggles to pass on costs: monitors hold flat, notebooks slide
Sluggish end-market recovery, cautious procurement by brand customers, and persistently high upstream material costs are frustrating panel makers' efforts to implement price hikes...
Monday 19 October 2026
Anthropic offers Blackstone more than 10% return in US$60 billion AI chip financing deal
Anthropic is offering Blackstone a total return of more than 10% to help finance a US$60 billion artificial intelligence (AI) chip procurement package, as higher infrastructure financing...
Monday 19 October 2026
AI data-center expansion shifts focus to time-to-power
Artificial intelligence data-center expansion is intensifying a global race for electricity, as cloud providers increasingly prioritize how quickly power can be secured over cost and...
Saturday 17 October 2026
CATL targets 70GWh in sodium-ion ESS orders with European push
Chinese battery giant CATL is deploying sodium-ion technology to expand into Europe's energy storage system (ESS) market. The company recently signed a strategic agreement with German...
Friday 16 October 2026
Taiwan to build industrial parks in US; Texas site already found
Taiwan plans to set up industrial parks in the US to help its supplier ecosystem reach customers like Nvidia and other local hardware manufacturers. It is starting with a complex in...
Thursday 15 October 2026
India's RRP Electronics opens advanced wafer-level packaging facility in Navi Mumbai
India's RRP Electronics has inaugurated an Advanced Wafer-Level Packaging (AWLP) facility at its semiconductor unit in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, adding SIM and eSIM module production...
Thursday 15 October 2026
US solar import price floor faces four challenges as December deadline approaches
The US is seeking to improve the competitiveness of domestic solar manufacturers and attract overseas investment through minimum import price requirements for solar products. However,...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Memory bottlenecks drive HBM shift to 8-layer stacks
As the gap between memory supply and demand widens due to the surge in AI applications, supply chain sources report that major GPU and custom ASIC vendors are considering lower-spec...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Qualcomm says edge AI faces power, cost, and scale hurdles
Qualcomm is pushing to cut edge AI's energy cost as phones, cars, and other devices face tighter power and cooling limits than data centers. At the opening of Applied Materials' EPIC...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
China’s NEV export rebate cut puts budget EV makers under margin pressure
China will reduce its export tax rebate for new energy vehicles (NEVs) from 13% to 9% on April 1, 2027, increasing cost pressure on automakers, particularly those selling lower-priced...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Energy law overhaul drives Taiwan storage demand
Taiwan's Energy Management Act is undergoing its first major revision in nearly a decade, driving businesses to reassess self-generation and energy storage systems (ESS) as the market...
Monday 12 October 2026
Commentary: Largan plays defense in phones, presses CPO offensive
Largan chairman Adam Lin spoke about the company's cautious smartphone outlook while taking a more aggressive stance on co-packaged optics (CPO) during a recent online earnings briefing...
Monday 12 October 2026
LG Display unveils maskless OLED technology, targeting more efficient IT displays
LG Display has unveiled a new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) manufacturing technology designed to improve production efficiency and display performance, and reduce manufacturing...