#ai-infrastructure

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Six US companies and one Chinese firm plan to build data centers in orbit
Space offers unlimited cooling, solar power, and freedom from land constraints for AI workloads
Current space law was not designed for commercial computing infrastructure in orbit
Developing nations could become more dependent on a few companies for critical digital infrastructure
US-China space competition adds geopolitical stakes to orbital computing

DT Editorial Team·Feb 26, 2026·5 min read·via restofworld.org

Nvidia posted another record quarter driven by surging AI chip demand
CEO Jensen Huang says global token demand has gone 'completely exponential'
Hyperscalers have committed hundreds of billions in AI infrastructure spending
Inference workloads are becoming a larger share of GPU demand beyond model training
Competition from AMD and custom cloud silicon is intensifying but Nvidia maintains lead

DT Editorial Team·Feb 26, 2026·4 min read·via techcrunch.com

HP says RAM now makes up 35% of PC bill of materials, up from 15-18% last quarter
AI infrastructure buildout is consuming global memory supply and driving up prices
Micron has abandoned its consumer brand Crucial to focus entirely on B2B memory sales
HP plans price increases while seeking new suppliers to diversify sourcing
35% of HP's PC sales now come from AI PCs despite mixed consumer demand signals

DT Editorial Team·Feb 25, 2026·4 min read·via engadget.com

Equinix plans a $5+ billion data center complex on 85 acres of greenbelt farmland near Potters Bar, England
The UK government's classification of data centers as 'critical national infrastructure' and new 'gray belt' rules enabled the project
Over 1,000 residents have organized opposition through social media and petitions
The conflict exemplifies a global pattern of AI infrastructure demands clashing with community conservation
Environmental concerns include massive electricity consumption, water usage, and noise from 24/7 operations

DT Editorial Team·Feb 17, 2026·6 min read·via wired.com

High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) can represent 30-40% of an AI accelerator's cost and is growing as a share of infrastructure spending
Only three companies — SK hynix, Samsung, and Micron — manufacture HBM, creating a supply oligopoly with rising prices
Inference demand, not training, is the primary driver of memory consumption as AI applications scale to millions of users
New capacity takes years to build, meaning memory constraints will persist even as GPU availability improves
Techniques like quantization and mixture-of-experts architectures are direct responses to memory cost pressures

DT Editorial Team·Feb 17, 2026·6 min read·via techcrunch.com

Mesh Optical Technologies closed a $50M Series A led by Thrive Capital to manufacture optical transceivers at scale
Optical transceivers are a critical bottleneck as AI data centers expand — the market is expected to exceed $20B annually
SpaceX manufacturing DNA in vertical integration and precision at scale directly applies to optical component production
Hyperscale data center operators including Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have committed hundreds of billions to expansion

DT Editorial Team·Feb 17, 2026·6 min read·via techcrunch.com