Fed2026-09-02 23:02:30Fed's Beige Book: Moderate Economic Growth, AI and Data Center Investments Stand OutThe Federal Reserve's Beige Book released Wednesday showed moderate economic growth in the U.S. over the past two months, with particularly strong demand for data centers. While high-end consumer spending remained solid, price sensitivity limited firms' ability to pass on cost increases. Employment rose modestly but unevenly, with healthy demand in manufacturing, construction, and some services, while retail and hospitality saw declines. Manufacturing activity was boosted by defense and data center orders. The report mentioned artificial intelligence 19 times and data centers 25 times, highlighting their prominence in the economic landscape.20
MediaTek2026-10-08 09:11:36MediaTek posts NT$55.399 billion in September revenue as Q3 sales beat guidanceMediaTek on Oct. 8 reported self-consolidated revenue of NT$55.399 billion for September 2026, down 13.69% from NT$64.183 billion in August but up 1.97% from NT$54.330 billion a year earlier. For the first nine months of the year, cumulative revenue reached NT$469.391 billion, a 5.30% increase from NT$445.778 billion in the same period last year. The company’s third-quarter revenue came in at about NT$168.057 billion, ahead of its earlier guidance range of NT$152.2 billion to NT$159.8 billion. That puts the quarter NT$8.257 billion above the top end of guidance, or about 5.2% higher. Compared with NT$142.097 billion in the third quarter of last year, quarterly revenue rose about 18.3%. MediaTek had previously said growth in flagship smartphone system-on-chip shipments in the third quarter could offset weakness in some product categories. It also pointed to expected sequential growth of 4% to 9% for its smart device platform business. Beyond smartphones, the company has been expanding into data center AI accelerators through custom ASIC development. It previously said its first data center AI accelerator ASIC is scheduled for mass production in the fourth quarter of 2026, with a full-year data center revenue target of more than $2 billion.10
CleanSpark2026-10-09 12:42:05CleanSpark mined 529 BTC in September and closed a $2.276 billion notes offeringBitcoin miner CleanSpark said in its unaudited operating update for September 2026 that it produced 529 BTC during the month and held 13,530 BTC at month-end. The company also said it has completed its previously announced $2.276 billion senior secured notes offering. According to the update, the proceeds will be used to cover remaining construction costs for the Sandersville data center, repay part of earlier project spending, and establish debt service reserves. CleanSpark added that the Sandersville project is backed by a 20-year lease agreement valued at $6.6 billion. The company also said it will shift to a quarterly reporting cadence aligned with the energy and data center industries and will stop issuing monthly operating updates.10
Bitdeer AI2026-10-09 12:29:45Bitdeer AI Secures 67MW Data Center Campus in Malaysia for Nvidia GB300 SystemsBitdeer AI has secured a 67MW data center campus in Malaysia and plans to use the site to host Nvidia GB300 systems, according to Odaily. Following the expansion, the company said its secured capacity for AI cloud operations has risen to 273.5MW. It also said the scale of its reserve project pipeline for the AI cloud business is expected to exceed $10 billion. The update points to a larger infrastructure buildout tied to Bitdeer AI’s cloud computing plans, with the newly secured Malaysia campus set to support deployments based on Nvidia’s GB300 platform. No additional timeline or project details were disclosed in the brief.20
Bitdeer AI2026-10-09 12:26:04Bitdeer AI secures 67MW data center campus in Malaysia for Nvidia GB300 systemsBitdeer AI said on Oct. 9 that it has secured a 67MW data center campus in Malaysia, with the site planned to support Nvidia GB300 systems. Following the expansion, the company said its secured AI cloud capacity has increased to 273.5MW. It also estimated that its reserve project pipeline for AI cloud services now exceeds $10 billion. The update centers on infrastructure capacity and project pipeline scale, with the company framing the Malaysia site as part of its AI cloud buildout.00
HIVE Digital2026-10-07 14:39:01HIVE Digital plans 400 MW hydropowered mining campus in ParaguayHIVE Digital, a publicly listed company, plans to build a new 400 MW hydropowered data center campus in Paraguay as part of the third phase of its expansion plan. According to the item cited by Techub News, the site is intended to use local clean hydroelectric power for bitcoin mining and related operations, with the goal of increasing the company’s global computing capacity. The report says the project would significantly expand HIVE Digital’s overall operating scale. At the same time, it notes that relying on a single energy source brings a degree of strategic risk. The brief cites Crypto Briefing as the source of the information. No additional project timeline or investment details were disclosed in the provided report.20
Black Hills2026-10-07 01:28:41Black Hills commits $1.8 billion to power Google’s Cheyenne data centerUtility company Black Hills has committed $1.8 billion to supply power to Google’s AI data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The deal points to rising demand from the technology sector for dedicated electricity capacity. The update was published by Techub News and cited Crypto Briefing as the source. The project centers on Google’s facility in the U.S. state of Wyoming, with Cheyenne named as the location. No additional project timeline or technical details were disclosed in the source brief.10
Google2026-10-01 14:57:44Google moves ahead with its first space-based AI data center project, Project SuncatcherGoogle is working on what would be its first AI data center in space, according to a Techub News brief citing Crypto Briefing. The effort, called Project Suncatcher, is designed to tap abundant solar energy available in space to improve the energy efficiency and scalability of AI processing. The report says the initiative could reshape how AI infrastructure is deployed if it moves forward as planned. While the brief does not disclose technical specifications, launch details, or a timeline, it identifies energy access and scaling capacity as the core rationale behind the project. The item frames the plan as an infrastructure experiment that could change conventional assumptions about where large-scale AI compute can be built and operated.250
