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Humans take in visual information and process it dynamically, creating a three-dimensional scene and adjust according to available light and focus. What humans do subconsciously and effortlessly has b...
A research team at Adelaide University has demonstrated that targeted sunlight has the potential to chemically break down common plastic waste, and at the same time, produce materials such as hydrogen...
White paper: Direct-to-Cell Technology: Enabling Satellite Connectivity for Legacy Devices Learn how direct-to-cell (DTC) technology enables unmodified LTE smartphones to connect directly to LEO satel...
Lightcurve said it has introduced 8-Gig broadband services in central Washington, expanding on its earlier offer of 2-Gig speeds across its fiber footprint. #pressrelease
Power constraints, permitting timelines and grid access are redefining Europe’s data center market country by country, pushing growth toward projects that can move forward.
xAI's Memphis facility went from empty warehouse to 100,000-GPU supercluster in under four months, setting a new speed record for AI infrastructure deployment and demanding dense fiber interconnects t...
Data Center Knowledge toured the TeraWulf and Schneider Electric campus in Buffalo, N.Y., to see what it takes to power – and cool – the data centers of the future.
Utah’s proposed 9 GW Stratos campus reflects a broader evolution toward AI infrastructure built around dedicated energy systems, accelerated permitting, and direct control over power.
Broadcom and FuriosaAI are building a rack-scale inference platform aimed at shifting AI infrastructure toward Ethernet fabrics, chiplets, and power-efficient token generation.
Texas built CREZ to move wind power. The same transmission corridors now increasingly attract hyperscale AI infrastructure.
The EPA’s plan to fast-track data center construction may cut red tape but also ignite legal battles and intensify environmental concerns.
Hamamatsu Photonics has established a Singapore-based subsidiary, Hamamatsu Photonics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. With the subsidiary, Hamamatsu said, the company is aiming to strengthen its business found...
Light Conversion appointed Allan Ashmead to its board of directors. Ashmead has experience in R&D, international sales, marketing, and general management. He served a 20-year tenure at Coherent, durin...
AI infrastructure developers are no longer just buying cooling equipment. They are beginning to reserve industrial production capacity years in advance.
The Ratepayer Protection Act would require long‑term contracts, minimum billing, and closed‑loop cooling at large data centers.
AI-scale computing is driving data centers to adopt advanced power electronics that can handle voltage fluctuations and load swings electrically, relegating diesel generators to a backup role for extr...
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) researchers have developed a way to use holograms to guide laser light for ultra-efficient, fast, and precise volumetric 3D printing. The innovation ena...
Precision sensing, 6G communications, and other emerging applications will require high-frequency signaling capabilities, ranging from tens to hundreds of gigahertz (GHz), to support their aggressive ...
The rapid growth of large language models is placing increasing demands on data centers, where large volumes of data must be efficiently transferred between servers. Optical interconnects are essentia...
Compact sensing systems that perform real-time, intelligent processing help applications process data locally with less latency and more efficient use of energy. A newly developed approach to intellig...
Micron's HBM3E ramp is a critical link in the AI compute supply chain — and the data centers running these GPUs are the primary driver of new fiber infrastructure buildout globally.
As hyperscale data center timelines tighten, companies must assess how building material decisions could introduce schedule, sequencing, and rework risks.
Dallas, West Texas, and Austin-San Antonio climbed Cushman’s global rankings as AI infrastructure chases power and land.
Mathpix’s Brooklyn GPU deployment highlights how production AI workloads are driving new demand for urban colocation infrastructure.
A 2025 George Mason University study found homes near data centers had higher values. But does this trend hold true everywhere?
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) plans to invest more than $2 billion in quantum computing through the CHIPS and Science Act. The department signed letters of intent with nine companies to suppor...
Q.ANT, a developer of photonic processing for AI, collaborated with IONOS, a cloud and hosting provider, to make Q.ANT’s native processing server accessible to customers through IONOS’ cloud infrastru...
Explosive networking growth and new optics partnerships suggest AI infrastructure spending is spreading far beyond GPU clusters.
The United States Department of Commerce has announced plans to invest more than $2 billion in quantum computing through incentives tied to the CHIPS and Science Act, with the federal government takin...
IBM and D-Wave deals show Washington expanding CHIPS-era industrial policy beyond semiconductors into quantum manufacturing and compute.