As AI computing moves from the cloud to edge devices, Lite-On Technology has reorganized its IT business segments, launching its Edge Computing and Energy Solutions (ECES) division in the third quarter. Through this restructuring, the company is targeting opportunities in low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites, on-premises enterprise servers, and networking equipment that are expected to grow severalfold over the next two to three years and eventually surpass IT-related power products in terms of revenue contribution.

Lite-On expects AI-related revenue to account for 40%–50% of total revenue by 2027, driven by strong growth in high-end AI power systems. As US cloud customers continue expanding AI infrastructure, the company's order visibility extends through 2028, while 800VDC specifications are undergoing major revisions that will delay volume production until late 2027.

Taiwan-based networking equipment maker Gemtek Technology is gaining momentum in its business recovery following a challenging business-model transition, returning to operating profitability in the third quarter of 2026 as margins improved and direct-supply sales expanded. The company expects fourth-quarter performance to remain at a similar level, supported by resilient demand for networking products and the gradual recovery of its high-value-added businesses.

Pegatron held an online earnings call on November 12, providing updates and an outlook for its product lines beyond servers. The company said revenue from all three major product lines of information products, consumer electronics, and communications recorded double-digit sequential growth in the third quarter of 2026, benefiting from seasonal demand. Communications products posted particularly strong growth, surging 57% from the previous quarter, driven by new smartphone launches and a recovery in networking demand.

Aspeed Technology posted its highest monthly revenue in records dating back to January 2019. BizLink's October sales also rose sharply, partly reflecting its first full month of consolidating Interplex Datacom. Four other cable and connector suppliers reported lower revenue than in September, although four of the five suppliers posted year-to-date growth.

Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia's CEO is unlikely to disrupt Taiwan's technology industry or the broader development of artificial intelligence, Acer founder Stan Shih said. His comments signal that Taiwan's chip and server capabilities remain important to Nvidia's expansion, while highlighting potential adjustments in supplier relationships, investment, and market expectations.

E Ink Holdings is expanding into materials for AI data centers through a partnership with Taiflex Scientific. The electronic paper maker expects its first revenue from polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) materials in 2027, with production ramping up in 2028.

Digitimes Chairman and CEO Colley Hwang said Taiwan should leverage its strengths in chip manufacturing, advanced packaging, and ICT hardware production to pursue sovereign AI opportunities outside the US and China. Speaking at the 2026 Avnet Ecosystem Technology Forum on November 13, Hwang said AI and semiconductors will remain major industries over the next 10 to 20 years.

Chinese AI companies reportedly are racing to sign overseas compute deals as they fear the political fallout of the Nvidia spy scandal could push US lawmakers to restrict their remote access to advanced chips. Congress could boost passage of such bills after mid-term elections revealed the US public's desire to rein in AI leaders and have possibly limited President Donald Trump's hold over Republican legislators.

Samsung Electronics is in talks to acquire US data center cooling equipment maker Modine Manufacturing, Bloomberg reported on November 12, as the South Korean company expands its heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) business following last year's acquisition of Germany's FläktGroup.

China's expanding AI computing infrastructure is prompting server manufacturers to accelerate their capital-raising plans. xFusion Digital Technologies, spun off from Huawei's x86 server business, entered the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's ChiNext listing review process on 12 November, seeking to raise CNY8 billion (approx. US$1.2 billion) in net proceeds.

Pegatron expects servers to account for about 10% of its total revenue in 2026, the first year of its server shipments. It is targeting what management described as "several-fold growth" in 2027 and aims to catch up with peers in server scale and profitability.

Cisco Systems raised its fiscal 2027 revenue and earnings forecasts after AI data centre investment and enterprise network upgrades delivered its strongest quarterly growth in more than 15 years. The networking equipment giant now expects revenue from hyperscaler AI infrastructure to more than double this fiscal year, signalling a broader recovery in networking demand.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has stepped down, while the US is preparing another round of tighter export controls on advanced AI chips. Industry sources expect Washington to extend its oversight beyond the physical movement of hardware to the use of computing power at overseas data centres. NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition+1

Neocloud provider CoreWeave announced a realignment of its financing strategy for data center expansion, shifting away from its previous heavy reliance on high-yield bonds toward borrowing backed by customer contracts, chip assets, and prepayments. The company is also increasing its use of short-term capacity transactions to reduce financing costs and debt pressures.

Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) expects continued double-digit growth in 2027, led by artificial intelligence (AI) servers, as application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) AI server shipments surged 1.5 times year over year and GPU AI server shipments grew about 70% in the third quarter of 2026. Chairman Young Liu said the company remains confident in demand for AI racks and expects to expand its market share through a broader range of AI solutions and a wider customer base.

Inside a refurbished industrial building in Sheffield, a quantum computing laboratory is preparing for a future that could transform how the world develops medicines, advanced materials, and computing infrastructure.

Cerebras Systems has become more of a cloud inference business than a hardware supplier. In the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, the company reported record GAAP revenue of US$210.8 million, up 55% from a year earlier. Cloud and other services now account for about two-thirds of the total. Reported profitability has not kept pace. Non-cash charges for customer warrants and employee stock compensation, which jumped after the company's listing, pulled GAAP gross margin down to 20% and left operating losses far wider than a year ago.

SpaceX plans to invest more than US$74 billion in AI supercomputing campuses in Texas and Arizona, expanding beyond rockets and satellite internet into large-scale AI infrastructure. The projects promise thousands of jobs but face regulatory, environmental and political challenges.

Singapore said it independently investigated Hong Kong resident Alice Huang and Singapore-registered Megaspeed International over suspected false declarations involving servers exported through Singapore, while stressing that companies must consider foreign export controls. The case highlights Singapore's position on cross-border trade, cooperation with overseas authorities, and enforcement against alleged dishonest practices.

Tighter financing and stricter local oversight could lead to consolidation among weaker cloud providers and greater concentration in the data-center industry, Asus said. However, based on its current customer mix and preliminary customer feedback, the company has not seen major effects on construction plans or orders for the fourth quarter of 2026 or 2027.

Asus has turned cautious on the 2027 PC market, forecasting a 10–15% full-year decline as memory prices surge, end-user demand cools, and global regulation of data-center construction tightens. The company expects the decline to be steeper in the first half, with a gradual recovery only in the second half.

Asus posted record brand consolidated revenue of NT$258.788 billion (US$7.86 billion) in the third quarter of 2026, up 7% quarter-on-quarter and 36% year-on-year, as AI server shipments continued to grow. Net income rose 14% sequentially and 105% year-on-year to NT$21.631 billion.

The loophole that lets Chinese AI developers rent Nvidia chips in overseas data centers is becoming the main target of a tougher US export-control push. Democrats swept both chambers of Congress in the November 3 midterms, and the Commerce Department is moving to finalize its own remote-access rule. The stakes are large: remote access accounts for about half of the US-made AI compute that Washington could still cut off from China by the end of 2027, according to the Institute for Progress (IFP).

Nvidia's product pipeline is locked in for the next two years, analysts say, but Jensen Huang's resignation calls into question the annual upgrade cadence he personally drove and exposes how thin the company's formal leadership bench is beneath a CEO who ran it with dozens of direct reports and no second-in-command.