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Cloud and data center spending accelerates artificial intelligence expansion

28 Feb 2026

Cloud providers, chipmakers, and enterprises are escalating multi-billion dollar investments to build out artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure across key global markets. Strategic deals and partnerships are reshaping data center footprints, sovereign cloud offerings, and access to high-performance compute.

artificial intelligence, cloud-computing, data-centers, infrastructure

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Meta signs multiyear Artificial Intelligence chip deal with AMD alongside Nvidia partnership

28 Feb 2026

Meta has agreed to buy 6 gigawatts' worth of AMD Artificial Intelligence chips under a multiyear deal that complements its recently expanded Nvidia partnership and deepens its infrastructure bet on generative technologies.

artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, semiconductors

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Global regulatory trends on the use of generative artificial intelligence

28 Feb 2026

Governments in the EU, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom are moving quickly to regulate generative artificial intelligence, using a mix of binding laws, guidelines, and standards. Diverging philosophies and timelines are making cross-border compliance planning increasingly complex for companies.

artificial intelligence, policy, regulation

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Y Combinator backs 241 generative artificial intelligence startups across sectors in 2026

28 Feb 2026

Y Combinator is backing 241 generative artificial intelligence startups in 2026, spanning infrastructure, developer tools, biotech, creative media, and highly specialized industry agents. The cohort highlights a shift toward domain-specific automation, autonomous agents, and new consumer experiences built on generative models.

artificial intelligence, developer tools, startups, y combinator

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Perplexity launches Computer to orchestrate many Artificial Intelligence models

28 Feb 2026

Perplexity is rolling out Computer, a cloud-based agent that coordinates 19 Artificial Intelligence models for complex workflows, as it pivots toward high-value enterprise users and deep research. The launch underscores a broader bet on multi-model orchestration, custom benchmarks and a boutique business strategy over mass adoption.

artificial intelligence, product launches, startups

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Llama foundation models emphasize open, efficient training

28 Feb 2026

Meta introduces the Llama family of foundation language models, trained only on publicly available data while matching or surpassing much larger proprietary systems on standard benchmarks.

large language models, meta, natural language processing

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ASML’s high-NA EUV tools reach production-ready status for next-generation Artificial Intelligence chips

28 Feb 2026

ASML has declared its high numerical aperture extreme ultraviolet lithography tools ready for mass production, setting up the next performance jump in Artificial Intelligence accelerators and large language model hardware.

ai hardware & chips, artificial intelligence, infrastructure & hardware, manufacturing & engineering ai

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AMD and Nutanix align on open enterprise artificial intelligence infrastructure

28 Feb 2026

AMD and Nutanix have formed a multi-year partnership to build an open, full-stack enterprise artificial intelligence infrastructure platform focused on agentic workloads across data centers, hybrid cloud, and edge environments.

amd, cloud-computing, enterprise artificial intelligence, infrastructure

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Jedec launches universal flash storage 5.0 and updated controller interface

28 Feb 2026

Jedec has released the universal flash storage 5.0 and matching host controller interface 5.0 standards, targeting higher performance and power efficiency while remaining compatible with existing 4.x hardware.

semiconductors, standards, storage

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Broadcom begins shipping 2 nm custom compute soc on 3.5d xdsip platform

28 Feb 2026

Broadcom has started shipping a 2 nm custom compute system on chip that uses its 3.5D extreme dimension system in package platform to target next generation xpue designs for large scale artificial intelligence clusters.

artificial intelligence, hardware, high performance computing, semiconductors

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Microsoft releases DirectX 12 Shader Model 6.9 with major Direct3D 12 upgrades

28 Feb 2026

Microsoft is rolling out DirectX Shader Model 6.9 via the latest Agility SDK, introducing long vector support, expanded 16-bit float functionality, and stricter hardware requirements, while moving key DirectX ray tracing features out of preview.

gaming, gpus, graphics, microsoft

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Lilly launches Artificial Intelligence factory for pharmaceutical discovery with Nvidia DGX SuperPOD

28 Feb 2026

Lilly has launched an Artificial Intelligence factory called LillyPod, built on an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD with DGX B300 systems, to accelerate and scale pharmaceutical discovery and development.

artificial intelligence, nvidia, pharmaceuticals