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Google DeepMind and Meta back Biohub virtual cell with $300M
Google DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs are investing $300 million in Biohub to build AI datasets for a virtual cell model. The funding is part of a $1.8 billion initiative that also includes contributions from the Department of Energy and National Institutes of Health.
Emerald AI, Google, and NVIDIA Launch AEMA to Flex AI Data Centers on the Grid
Emerald AI, Google, and NVIDIA announced the AI Energy Management Alliance on September 16, 2026, to advance AI data centers that adjust electricity use with grid conditions. TechCrunch’s September 17 report adds Anthropic and several major utilities as launch partners and attributes a roughly 100 GW interconnection upside to the alliance’s demand-response pitch.
NASA and SpaceX Prepare for Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch
NASA and SpaceX are targeting a 7:26 AM EDT Sunday liftoff of a Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center carrying the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The observatory will travel to Sun-Earth L2, where its Wide Field and Coronagraph instruments will search for exoplanets and study dark energy.
NVIDIA Locks in Initial 4.25 IT-GW at Ohio AI Campus Backed by SB Energy
NVIDIA has partnered with SB Energy to secure an initial 4.25 IT-GW of AI capacity at the PORTS-Pike campus in Ohio, with OpenAI as the customer for the full 8 IT-GW site under a 20-year lease. The agreement features a $1.5B NVIDIA investment in SB Energy, credit support for the buildout, creation of tens of thousands of jobs and an $80M community benefits fund.
Infineon Launches €5 Billion Chip Facility in Dresden
Infineon opened its €5 billion ($5.7 billion) Smart Power Fab in Dresden on July 2, 2026, three months early. The EU-supported factory will make power-management chips for electric vehicles, renewable energy and AI data centres while advancing Europe's target of doubling its global semiconductor share to 20 percent by 2030. Construction began in May 2023.
BMW unveils electric iX5 with 845 km range
BMW has launched the iX5, its first electric X5 that shares a multi-energy platform with gasoline, diesel, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen variants while promising 845 km range and a 23-minute recharge. The large SUV adopts Neue Klasse styling, panoramic screens and premium interior materials on dimensions of 4.99 m long.
IBM reveals nanostack transistor design targeting sub-1nm performance
IBM has detailed a nanostack transistor architecture it calls the world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, enabling nearly 100 billion transistors on a fingernail-sized die. The approach is projected to yield 50 percent higher performance or 70 percent better energy efficiency than the prior 2nm generation while delivering a 40 percent SRAM scaling gain for AI workloads.
Qualcomm launches Dragonfly C1000 CPU for data centers with Meta as key client
Qualcomm introduced its Dragonfly C1000 data center CPU engineered for agentic AI on Wednesday and confirmed Meta as a customer once production begins in 2028. The announcement underscores the mobile-centric chipmaker's drive into higher-growth data center segments where energy efficiency has become a decisive factor amid surging AI-agent workloads.
Google invests $1.5B to expand Alabama data center
Google is spending $1.5 billion to expand its Jackson County, Alabama data center from 2026 to 2027 while fully funding energy infrastructure to protect local rates. The site will eventually draw nuclear power under a 2025 agreement, accompanied by millions in community grants for efficiency, education, and workforce programs.
New York Passes One-Year Moratorium on New Large Data Centers
New York lawmakers approved a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first such statewide measure if signed by Governor Hochul. The pause aims to study environmental and energy impacts amid growing AI-driven demand.
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Taiwan-based iBase Solution is expanding from industrial computers and energy storage into liquid-cooled prefabricated modular data centers. The move targets AI infrastructure EPC contracts.
Apple's EU energy label for the iPhone Duo lists a combined 4,883 mAh battery across 2,962 mAh and 1,921 mAh cells, MacRumors reports. That sits between the eSIM-only iPhone 18 Pro at 4,288 mAh and Pro Max at 5,567 mAh, per iFixit.
Up to $1M raised by two-person Seattle startup TriMagnetix for nanomagnetic chips that run on electrical pulses instead of constant power. Early lab tests show 800 times less energy use than a traditional chip, and satellites are a key target, GeekWire reports.
Ripple Prime launched real-world asset (RWA) perpetual swaps for institutional clients, tied to perpetual futures listed by Trade.xyz on Hyperliquid. The swaps cover more than 100 reference markets across equities, ETFs, metals, energy and FX, trade and settle 24/7, and Virtu is among the first clients.
A Japanese consortium of NYK Line, NTT Facilities, Eurus Energy, and MUFG Bank is developing floating datacenters moored at ports to avoid land constraints. The group has an MOU with Yokohama for a renewable-powered demonstration that began testing in March.
Rivian expanded its partnership with Redwood Materials: Redwood will collect retired Rivian battery packs through service centers, repurpose suitable ones for stationary energy storage, and recycle the rest along with manufacturing battery scrap.
CenterPoint Energy's September data breach affected 1,062,060 Texas customers, according to a filing with the Texas attorney general's office. Exposed data includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers, and the filing shows customers had not yet been notified.
Nights at the Moon's south pole can drop to -328°F, so NASA's SPEARS project is testing solid ceramic and polymer batteries that have so far survived extreme cold without damage. They still need warming but require less energy-intensive thermal management than lithium-ion cells, and could be used on future Artemis missions.
Cities in France's Côte-d’Or region cut document search time from weeks to minutes and reduced operating costs by 10% with NVIDIA-powered AI agents and digital twins, targeting 30% at scale. Similar deployments are underway in the UK, Italy, Belgium and Sweden for mobility, energy and safety tasks.
Qualcomm said edge AI in phones and cars faces tighter power and cooling limits than data centers, with memory-and-logic stacking positioned as a route to lower energy use amid persistent thermal and manufacturing challenges.