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AMACO’s $1.5 billion HERCULES project in Kenya combines electricity generation, cooling, and AI data-centre infrastructure. Its initial design uses liquefied natural gas to reduce reliance on the national grid, with future support for renewable energy and hydrogen.
Chinese AI companies are optimising software to handle growing inference demand while access to high-end Nvidia processors remains limited. Domestic chips can support some inference workloads, but complex coding tasks still depend partly on scarce Nvidia capacity.
SMIC reported its first $3 billion quarter, with revenue rising 36.1% year over year and net profit nearly tripling to $479.2 million. The Chinese foundry is also raising wafer prices as US sanctions strengthen demand from China’s captive AI market.
Alibaba Group reported a 9% revenue increase as growing AI development in China boosted demand for computing capacity from its cloud business. The results highlight how AI infrastructure demand is supporting Alibaba’s broader growth.
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.
Alipay is positioning its Abao agent as a new commerce gateway where services are selected and executed through natural-language intent rather than ads, search rankings, or app navigation. Abao has connected more than 10,000 AI-enabled services across eight scenarios, including transportation, dining, travel, logistics, and government services.
NVIDIA demonstrates how developers can build real-time edge AI applications with Holoscan using its CLI, skills, documentation, and AI coding agents. The workflow leverages HoloHub’s reference applications and reusable components to help agents assist with development.
Meta has launched a dedicated AI assistant app for Mac. It can analyze shared windows, provide dictation across apps, and support creative and productivity tasks.
Samsung reportedly increased prices for new orders using its 4nm, 5nm, and 8nm foundry processes in July. Price increases reportedly reach 15% for customers in China as AI demand fills available 4nm capacity.