Malaysia’s palm oil firms cashing in on data center boom
Palm oil companies in Malaysia are turning parts of their vast tracts of land into industrial parks to be filled with data centers and solar farms spurred by foreign interest in setting up data centers in the country. Palm oil giants control more land than any other entity in the country and this is a […]
GlobalFoundries buys Advanced Micro Foundry in Singapore in silicon photonics push
GlobalFoundries (GF), a semiconductor manufacturing company, announced on Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Singapore-based chipmaker Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) to accelerate silicon photonics development and strengthen its global manufacturing footprint as both companies share a focus on innovation and customer-driven design. In a press release, GF said the deal will leverage AMF’s […]
Elon Musk’s xAI to build 500 MW data center in Saudi Arabia
Tesla and X (formally Twitter) CEO, Elon Musk has announced his plans to build a 500 MW artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Saudi Arabia in partnership with HUMAIN, the kingdom’s state-backed AI venture, and NVIDIA as the principal chip supplier. Musk revealed the plan while attending the U.S.–Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C on […]