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Rising AI server power density is turning cabinet-level Battery Backup Units from an optional component into a required part of data-center power architecture. Global BBU cell shipments reportedly reached about 276 million units in the first half of 2026, intensifying shortages and competition among Asian battery suppliers.
Skanska has signed a $1.2 billion contract to build four data centres for an unnamed existing customer in the southeastern United States. The facilities will cover approximately 75,000 square metres, or 808,000 square feet.
Stecon Group Pcl plans to bid for three data-center construction projects valued at a combined 49.8 billion baht, or about $1.5 billion. The company expects Thailand’s accelerating technology investment to drive further growth.
Silicon Data is a startup building tools to help Wall Street assign prices to AI compute. Its goal is to make compute costs easier to value and give firms ways to hedge against price changes as data center and GPU spending expands.
Loudoun County, Virginia, has used more than 250 data centers to generate substantial local wealth and reduce property taxes. Its success is attracting attention from other jurisdictions despite growing national opposition to data center expansion.
Marvell Technology and Google expanded their chip-development partnership. The agreement includes a warrant allowing Google to purchase up to $12.2 billion worth of Marvell shares.
Relativity Networks has raised $22 million to advance the deployment of hollow-core fiber in data centers. The technology can transmit data 30% faster than conventional fiber, potentially improving connectivity for high-performance computing and AI workloads.
After Databricks raised $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation, Bloomberg began referring to OceanBase as “China's Databricks.” Although Databricks originated from the data-lake side and OceanBase from databases, both are moving toward AI data platforms as OceanBase prepares for a roughly 2–3 billion yuan Series A.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order making the state more restrictive for AI data centre development. The order removes data centres from the permit fast-track programme, delays environmental review until local approval, and prohibits state agencies from signing non-disclosure agreements on projects.
OpenAI and Meta are seeking help to address growing public opposition to their AI data center plans. The effort highlights the increasing public-relations challenges surrounding large-scale AI infrastructure expansion.