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Customers in medical, aerospace and AI data centre markets gain a wider production base as East West adds Vexos' sites in five countries.
Higher-margin services and tariff refunds lifted operating profit above forecasts, as home appliances, TVs and air conditioners drove record sales.
The recognition underscores how governed customer data is becoming essential as marketers shift toward real-time decisions and AI-driven personalisation.
Countries risk losing control over data and AI policy unless they build local computing capacity and home-grown models, Nvidia says.
The shortfall is set to intensify competition for power, land and grid connections as AI workloads push global data centre demand far ahead of supply.
The acquisition gives Arcus immediate access to a supply-constrained London market where demand for secure colocation and low-latency links remains high.
The purchase bolsters Ecolab's push into AI data centres as demand for liquid cooling surges, with CoolIT sales more than doubling this year.
Hundreds of jobs and local testing capacity are set to follow, as Vertiv expands regional supply for AI data centre equipment across Asia.
The release aims to ease a key hurdle for firms moving AI agents into production by unifying memory, retrieval and access across environments.
AI data centre developers may gain faster power access as a new coalition seeks to ease grid delays and speed site planning.
Memory makers are set to spend more than USD $50 billion on 300mm fab equipment in 2026 as AI demand drives HBM and DDR5 capacity.
European firms can now keep sensitive data local while using cloud-style storage for AI and disaster recovery under the new platform.
More firms are using AI daily, but AvePoint found unauthorised access incidents remain widespread as governance trails behind adoption.
Malaysia's grid gains 29.99 MWac of new solar power as AirTrunk locks in renewable supply for its data centres under a first-of-its-kind VPPA.
The 1GW project will bring about 3,000 construction jobs to Sturgeon County and add more than 300 permanent roles once operational.
Common grid designs could speed approvals and cut delays for UK data centres as demand for AI capacity strains the network.
The renewal will keep Kao Data's UK data centres matched with certified renewable power as AI-driven electricity demand comes under scrutiny.
Businesses handling sensitive AI workloads in the Gulf can now keep compute and data in the UAE as chip shortages squeeze demand.
Businesses in Ras Al Khaimah can now run AI workloads on scarce Nvidia B200 chips while keeping data under UAE jurisdiction.
NVIDIA says US AI demand will add USD $485 billion to GDP in 2026 as it expands chip, systems and data centre manufacturing.
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