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32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building

… A theme of ongoing Computex 2026 announcements remains a lack of pricing clarity on lots of PC hardware, including Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops and PCs, as well as new-build systems and, of course, RAM components themselves. …

Jun 3, 2026 · Stephen Warwick

SoftBank to manufacture its own batteries with water-based tech to power AI data centers — targets gigawatt-hour-scale production by 2028

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow The Japanese company i… …

May 12, 2026 · Luke James

Microsoft announces Majorana 2 quantum computing chip — claims a practical machine will come in 2029

… At Build, Microsoft announced that Discovery's agentic AI and the local app the team used to produce the new chips are getting a general release . Discovery is designed to assist with creating AI workflows for science and engineering. …

Jun 2, 2026 · Andrew E. Freedman

Ubisoft reportedly testing generative AI in Far Cry 7, insider says it 'looks like sh*t' — company recently posted a record €1.3 billion loss

… Ubisoft's full-year earnings report stated the company is "accelerating investments behind Teammates, its first playable Generative AI experience, to enrich player experiences," while also building AI-powered QA bots and systems for NPCs that "can adapt to player behavior and react more dynamically… …

May 24, 2026 · Luke James

Microsoft CEO says new AI data centers use as little water annually as a restaurant — closed-loop cooling system aims to slash consumption from millions of gallons as AI infrastructure faces mounting environmental scrutiny

… "The daily water usage over the course of an entire year is roughly equivalent to what a single restaurant would use." Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center bui… …

Jun 4, 2026 · Etiido Uko

Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs in AI push — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automation

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow On the other hand, we’… …

May 19, 2026 · Jowi Morales

SoftBank to spend up to $87 billion on French AI data centers — country offers ample nuclear grid that US sites lack

… France lets it skip that step and plug into an existing low-carbon fleet, sidestepping the strained grids and rising local opposition slowing U.S. buildouts. …

May 31, 2026 · Luke James

Microsoft debuts Surface RTX Spark Dev Box — Nvidia-powered mini-PC helps devs get ready for an agentic Windows

… Microsoft says that includes "long-running training jobs, agentic AI pipelines and local model fine-tuning." Image 1 of 3 The PC has an aluminum chassis with 1,000 air vents in a grid, which looks a bit like the flat top of the Xbox Series X. …

Jun 2, 2026 · Andrew E. Freedman

New AI-compute cryptocurrency Pearl sparks a GPU mining rush but profitability is already sliding — RTX 5090 daily revenue has halved to $17.19 since April

… The coin launched its mainnet in late April 2026 and recently drew attention when AI cloud provider Together AI announced an exclusive partnership, but PRL's price and per-card returns are already dropping precipitously as more miners pile onto the network. …