US lawmakers discuss a bill aimed at data-centre electricity costs
The talks reflect rising concern over who pays for grid expansion as AI infrastructure drives new power demand.
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Virginia tightens controls on data centres amid local backlash
New permitting and environmental measures show how the AI infrastructure boom is becoming a land, water and community-planning issue.
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CEA and Alice & Bob link quantum software with supercomputing
The French partnership will work on tools that let researchers combine conventional high-performance computing with error-corrected quantum systems.
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Anthropic says Claude now performs 26% of the work behind its next models
The figure offers a rare view of AI helping build AI—and raises new questions about productivity, oversight and feedback loops inside frontier labs.
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GlobalFoundries and Marvell expand capacity for AI data-centre links
The agreement focuses on the connectivity chips that move information through increasingly large and power-hungry computing clusters.
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Huawei unveils Atlas 960 SuperPoD for large-scale AI computing
The system links thousands of processors as China’s technology industry looks for domestic routes to frontier-scale compute.
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Medisca expands peptide access with an integrated pharmaceutical platform
The initiative brings API-grade peptides, formulation support and quality controls into a more connected development pathway.
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NSF backs translation of low-dimensional semiconductor research
The investment targets materials that could enable smaller, more efficient electronic and sensing systems beyond today’s conventional designs.
Read storyAnew Labs raises $290 million after spinning out of ByteDance
The AI drug-discovery company begins independent life with substantial funding and a mandate to prove computational biology in the laboratory.
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