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Tuesday 10 November 2026
SoftBank Group, Grab, PETROS commit US$1.85 billion to Malaysian AI infrastructure
SoftBank Group, Grab, and Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) have entered into joint development agreements to deploy US$1.85 billion in initial seed capital for large-scale artificial...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Commentary: China's emerging semiconductor investment empire takes quieter route to dominance
A decade ago, China's Tsinghua Unigroup alarmed Taiwan's semiconductor industry with an aggressive acquisition campaign. Under then-chairman Zhao Weiguo, the group acquired Spreadtrum...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Trans-Sun Materials Technology sees AI server, robot growth defying US political shifts
Calls to curb artificial intelligence (AI) expansion have intensified after the US Democratic Party's sweeping victory in the midterm elections, but Trans-Sun Materials Technology...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Taiwanese engineering company Yankey holds NT$57.1 billion orders, Kumamoto wafer fab project to boost 2027 revenue
Yankey Engineering’s order backlog reached a record NT$57.1 billion (US$1.74 billion) as of the end of September, with its subcontracting project for the second wafer fab in...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Singapore fab set to drive VIS growth as AI interposers reshape output
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) said its Singapore wafer fab is expected to become a growth driver in 2027, with capacity nearly sold out, customer commitments secured,...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Horngyu targets global grid market with AI, power integration
Global AI data center construction and Taiwan Power's NT$564.5 billion (US$17.23 billion) resilient-grid initiative are driving demand for highly reliable power equipment and intelligent...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Systex hits record October revenue on overseas semiconductor expansion
Systex Corporation reported October 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$3.564 billion (US$108.8 million), up 11.64% from NT$3.192 billion a year earlier, as overseas expansion by semiconductor...
Monday 9 November 2026
Texas AI data-center expansion hits brakes under new governor
Texas' incoming Democratic governor, Gina Hinojosa, plans to reassess the state's partnerships with the technology sector and strengthen oversight of data-center expansion, potentially...
Monday 9 November 2026
Doosan expands CCL production in China and South Korea to meet AI demand
Doosan is moving ahead with a roughly KRW970 billion (approx. US$716 million) expansion of copper-clad laminate (CCL) production in South Korea and China as demand for AI accelerators,...
Monday 9 November 2026
Onsemi drops US$2 billion Czech SiC expansion amid pressure from cheaper Chinese wafers
Onsemi has abandoned a plan to invest up to US$2 billion in end-to-end silicon carbide (SiC) production in the Czech Republic, a reversal that Czech media have linked to low-cost Chinese...
Monday 9 November 2026
In US-China AI data center race, America's 118 GW capacity forecast faces China's rapid expansion by 2030
Surging demand for AI computing is accelerating data center construction in both the US and China, although the US is expected to retain a substantial lead in installed capacity through...
Monday 9 November 2026
US Department of Defense commits US$75 million to Halo SiC wafer expansion
The Department of Defense's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has offered Halo Industries, a semiconductor startup based in Santa Clara, California, a conditional loan commitment of...
Monday 9 November 2026
Nittobo's T-Glass supply crunch deepens despite 3.6-fold capacity expansion plan for AI chips
Japan's Nittobo (Nitto Boseki) plans to invest an additional JPY20 billion (approx. US$127 million) to expand production of T-Glass, a specialized low-coefficient-of-thermal-expansion...
Monday 9 November 2026
India roundup: India electronics manufacturing expands amid AI-driven supply constraints
India's electronics sector is drawing fresh investment in semiconductors, optical connectivity and manufacturing capacity, even as AI-driven component shortages threaten production,...
Monday 9 November 2026
Commentary: China's AI data center catch-up hinges on three US policy scenarios
The US AI data center expansion is entering a critical phase, with electricity supply and local governance emerging as major constraints. Democrat Gina Hinojosa's victory in the 2026...