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Friday 10 July 2026
Meta readies Iris chip, locks in supply for push to 14 gigawatts
Meta Platforms plans to begin manufacturing its Iris AI accelerator in September 2026 while securing long-term supplies of memory, storage and optical equipment for a computing expansion expected to reach 14 gigawatts in 2027.
Friday 10 July 2026
CSP ASIC demand drives structural growth in high-speed interconnects
As cloud service providers (CSPs) continue to ramp up capital expenditures, demand for high-speed interconnects within data centers is accelerating. Multiple research firms forecast that leading CSPs will sustain high double-digit capex growth in 2026, with roughly half of the increase driven by data center expansion.
Friday 10 July 2026
Arbor posts record June sales as edge AI demand lifts first-half revenue
Taipei-based industrial PC maker Arbor reported record consolidated revenue in June 2026 and said demand for edge AI, smart manufacturing and industrial digital transformation continued to strengthen. The company also said the trend supported both quarterly and first-half performance, and it expects growth to continue in the second half as physical AI adoption expands.
Friday 10 July 2026
LGES turns idled US EV battery lines toward AI data centers as storage demand fills the EV gap
LG Energy Solution's move to convert part of an idled US electric-vehicle battery plant into a line making lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells for energy storage shows how South Korea's largest battery maker is repurposing stranded American EV capacity to chase surging demand from AI data centers and the power grid — while blunting a prolonged slump in electric-vehicle sales.
Friday 10 July 2026
Neousys posts June revenue growth as edge AI demand broadens globally
Neousys Technology reported stronger June revenue, reflecting rising global demand for edge AI, intelligent automation, and edge computing. The industrial PC maker said shipments from ongoing projects supported growth across Europe, Asia, and North America, and that the trend could continue into the second half of the year.
Friday 10 July 2026
Advantech posts sharp June revenue gains as edge AI demand spreads globally
Advantech said June sales surged on stronger edge AI demand, lifting monthly and quarterly revenue to record highs and signaling firmer momentum for industrial technology markets worldwide. The Taiwanese maker of industrial computers (IPCs) also said its order pipeline remains healthy, suggesting broader global demand is still supporting shipments.
Friday 10 July 2026
European startup unveils humanoid robot design, real-time learning system

UMA, a Physical AI company, unveiled the design of its first humanoid robot at Machina Summit and introduced Real-Time Learning, an architecture that allows robots to learn new tasks from demonstrations rather than manual programming.

Friday 10 July 2026
PCB midplane snags cast doubt on Nvidia's Kyber rack timeline

Nvidia has denied reports that its next-generation Kyber AI rack system could be delayed to 2028, saying its product roadmap remains unchanged, after SemiAnalysis pointed to manufacturing challenges in a key PCB midplane as a potential bottleneck for the Rubin Ultra platform.

Thursday 9 July 2026
Release of GPT-Live and Grok 4.5 shows boundaries of the new AI frontier

OpenAI and SpaceX have released new models laden with features that show the direction of frontier AI model development, including voice interaction, agentic workloads, coding capabilities, and token efficiency. Their new products arrive at a time of intense competition among model makers, and soon after, SpaceX filed for its record-breaking IPO and OpenAI began its own public listing process.

Thursday 9 July 2026
HIWIN and Hiwin Mikrosystem post record June sales on semiconductor and robotics demand
HIWIN and its subsidiary Hiwin Mikrosystem posted record June 2026 revenue as demand from semiconductors, industrial automation and robotics stayed strong. The Taiwan-based motion control supplier said the gains lifted both its core transmission components business and its broader robotics outlook.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Tesla skips the AIDV talk—it already owns SDVs

AI-defined vehicles (AIDVs) are built on software-defined vehicles (SDVs), and Tesla is arguably the world's most representative company at integrating and commercializing these technologies. Yet the market rarely hears Tesla emphasize or explain the AIDV concept.

Thursday 9 July 2026
Wistron and Wiwynn post record-high revenue in 1H26 on strong AI server, networking shipments
Wistron reported June 2026 revenue of NT$321.82 billion (approx. US$10.04 billion), up 10.9% from the previous month and 53.9% from a year earlier, marking the company's second-highest single-month revenue on record, while second-quarter and first-half 2026 revenues both reached record highs.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Inventec expects server shipments to rise quarterly as component shortages loom
Inventec reported June 2026 revenue of NT$102.26 billion (approx. US$3.19 billion), up 23.5% from the previous month and 61.6% from a year earlier, reaching record highs for both the same period and a single month. Second-quarter revenue totaled NT$269.86 billion, also a record for the same period and a single quarter. First-half revenue reached NT$470.17 billion, up 36.83% year-over-year and hitting an all-time high.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Server ODMs race to expand globally as parts shortages bite
AI server orders are flooding in, and original design manufacturers (ODMs) are racing to expand factories across the US and Asia to keep up. From California and Texas to Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Taiwan, expansion projects are now visible across the industry.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Analog Devices acquires Empower Semiconductor and enters AI power market

Analog Devices (ADI) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Empower Semiconductor, a move it said is designed to bolster the company's role as a comprehensive power partner spanning the entire AI ecosystem, from grid infrastructure to core computing systems.

Thursday 9 July 2026
Partner Tech posts 7.45% first-half revenue gain on higher-value product shift
Shuttle Inc reported consolidated revenue of NT$165 million (US$5.14 million) in June 2026, up 23.12% from a year earlier, and NT$481 million for the second quarter. For the first half of 2026, consolidated revenue reached NT$902 million, an increase of 7.45% from the same period in 2025, as the industrial computing and smart device supplier continued shifting toward higher-value products.
Thursday 9 July 2026
BTL Group completes first HVDC power rack test as AI bookings extend to year-end
BTL Group said it completed testing certification in early July 2026 for a VR200 server power rack using HVDC 800V/1MW specifications, and will next move into rack-level testing for the same server platform. The Taiwanese testing provider said demand tied to AI servers from cloud service providers continued to rise, pushing its project schedule through the end of 2026.
Thursday 9 July 2026
AWS to host 2026 summit in Taipei with OpenAI and Anthropic
Amazon Web Services announced on July 8 that it will hold the 2026 AWS Summit Taipei on July 15-16, bringing together AI partners, product demos, and enterprise sessions focused on AI agents. The event is designed to help companies explore how agent-driven tools could reshape industry applications and support growth.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Wistron backs Taiwan open source AI model and boosts compute for startups
Wistron said it would support Taiwan's first open source language model over a three-year budget and provide more AI compute capacity in 2026 for startups and academic users. The effort is tied to a push to build a Traditional Chinese large language model through a planned Taiwan Open Source Foundation.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Chenbro posts record June revenue as server and AI demand accelerate
Server chassis maker Chenbro Micom reported record June and second-quarter revenue, underscoring how AI-related infrastructure spending is reshaping demand for server hardware worldwide. The results suggest continued momentum for data centers, with implications for suppliers, operators, and investors across global technology markets.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Analysis: AI data centers face mounting power hurdles as Taiwan grid strain deepens

Taiwan's AI data center push is exposing a wider global problem: artificial intelligence needs vast, reliable power, but grids, permits, and green-energy rules are not keeping up. As countries race to host new computing hubs, the speed of AI deployment is increasingly determined by electricity access, not just chips.

Thursday 9 July 2026
Foxconn's Young Liu says sovereign AI is turning data center supply chains local
Foxconn chairman Young Liu said sovereign AI is expanding beyond data residency to AI data centers and their supply chains, forcing a structural shift in global manufacturing.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Interview: UK courts Taiwan suppliers as AI hardware race shifts to chips and power
The UK is pitching itself as a new base and technology partner for Taiwanese electronics suppliers, seeking to turn its AI infrastructure push into a market and investment opportunity for companies in chips, packaging, servers, cooling, power, and data centers.
Thursday 9 July 2026
Compal's Rayonnant expands liquid cooling lineup for AI servers
Compal Electronics subsidiary Rayonnant Technology has launched a full line of coolant distribution unit (CDU) products for AI servers, covering liquid-to-air sidecar, in-rack, and in-row liquid-to-liquid solutions. The rollout gives the Taiwan-based electronics group a deeper in-house role in liquid cooling as rack power densities increase across AI factories, large-scale training clusters, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments.