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Monday 21 September 2026

Taiwan delays 2026 power rate decision as war drives fuel costs higher

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs delayed a 2026 electricity rate decision on September 18 after the Middle East war pushed up fuel...

Saturday 19 September 2026

Power grids can't keep pace with AI data center boom in EU, US

According to supply chain players, most AI data center cost models used by analysts in both China and the West only count electricity consumption when estimating the cost of AI data...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

DIGITIMES Insight: Taiwan can power its AI chip boom — but not with green energy

DIGITIMES Intelligence observes that discussions at the semiconductor sustainability and energy forum during SEMICON Taiwan 2026 centered on two questions: whether Taiwan will have...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Star Shining launches IPO plan as renewable energy assets reach 676MW

Star Shining, an AUO Group affiliate, signed an IPO advisory agreement with Cathay Securities on September 15, formally starting its...

Monday 14 September 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix reject US$19 billion power prepayment as Korea speeds chip expansion

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have rejected a proposal to prepay KRW25 trillion (approx. US$18.7 billion) in electricity bills, highlighting...

Monday 14 September 2026

AI's energy demand ignites global nuclear rush, straining Taiwan's restart

A worldwide nuclear comeback, fueled by artificial intelligence data centers and semiconductor demand, is tightening supply chains and labor markets just as Taiwan considers restarting...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

Google steps up green power purchases in Taiwan for 24/7 carbon-free electricity

Over the past half-year, multinational companies and semiconductor suppliers have pressed the government to reduce surplus power conditions. To increase the flexibility of green power...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

OpenAI taps Firmus for Malaysia data center capacity

OpenAI has signed a multi-year agreement with Australian AI infrastructure developer Firmus for dedicated computing capacity at two data center sites in Malaysia, becoming an anchor...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

What to expect at CIOE 2026, Shenzhen's optoelectronics mega-expo

This week, DIGITIMES heads to Shenzhen to cover an expo showcasing the world of optoelectronics, a class of technologies that serves as the link between electricity and light. In today's...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Renewable power shortage puts Taiwan's chip cluster under scrutiny

As semiconductor and AI infrastructure expansions elevate Taiwan's strategic profile on the global stage, mandates for a "green chip" supply chain are intensifying pressure on major...

Monday 7 September 2026

How UC Santa Cruz's Silicon Valley lab is reverse-engineering the human brain to solve AI's chip power crisis

As the global race for artificial intelligence (AI) consumes vast oceans of electricity and pushes modern utility grids to the brink, a team of California researchers is looking to...

Monday 7 September 2026

Exclusive: Taipower's new green power sandbox could ease TSMC's surplus electricity problem

As global net-zero efforts accelerate, major technology companies are setting increasingly ambitious renewable energy targets. TSMC has pledged to reach RE60 by 2030 and RE100 by 2...

Thursday 3 September 2026

KEPCO seeks US$18 billion from Samsung, SK Hynix to fund Korea's power grid

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) has proposed that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix prepay as much as KRW25 trillion (approx. US$18 billion) in electricity bills as South Korea looks...

Thursday 3 September 2026

Macronix boosts sustainability spending to NT$780 million

Macronix (MXIC) said in its latest sustainability report for 2025 that greenhouse gas emissions fell 19.8% from 2024 and 32% from the business-as-usual (BAU) baseline, beating its...

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Taoyuan eyes northern AIDC hub, touts Tatan and LNG cooling edge

Taiwan's limited land and heavy dependence on imported energy have made power a scarce and strategic resource in the compute era, putting AI data center (AIDC) site selection on the...

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