AI data centres are taking the capacitors carmakers need
Chinese carmakers say printed circuit boards and multilayer ceramic capacitors are 20% to 30% short globally, with prices more than tripling over the past year because of AI data centre demand. Automotive memory prices rose about 180% in three months. The AI boom has reached the cheapest components in a car. Chinese carmakers report a […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
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SoftBank is converting a Sharp LCD factory into a battery plant for AI data centres. The data centres cannot wait five years.
Summary: SoftBank Corp. plans to convert part of the former Sharp LCD factory in Sakai, Osaka into one of Japan’s largest battery production lines for AI data centres, with production expected withi [...]
China’s biggest carmakers are designing their own driving chips, and Nvidia should be worried
A new arms race is under way in China’s electric vehicle industry, and it is not about batteries, range, or price. It is about who controls the silicon that makes cars drive themselves. In the past [...]
BMW slashes profit forecast as China’s EV makers squeeze European carmakers on two fronts
BMW on Tuesday cut its full-year profit forecast for the car business, lowering its expected automotive EBIT margin to a corridor of 1 to 3 per cent from prior guidance of 4 to 6 per cent. The compa [...]
The EU is asking households to cut electricity use during peak hours because AI data centres are straining the grid
The European Commission has called on households across the bloc to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours, citing the rapid growth of AI data centres, accelerating electrification, and risi [...]
Two Amazon data centres in the UAE were hit by drones. The Gulf’s AI ambitions are being tested.
Two Amazon Web Services data centres in the UAE were targeted early in the Middle East war. Nearly three months later, oil prices remain around $100 a barrel and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. T [...]
The company that wires AI data centres is raising prices because hyperscalers have no alternative
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Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk’s space data centres as an AI-race bet
Masayoshi Son does not think the future of artificial intelligence is in orbit. The SoftBank Group founder told shareholders on 23 June 2026 that there is little merit in building data centres in spac [...]
Some carmakers are ditching FM radios — and Rivian R2 fans aren't happy that they'll need a cellphone signal to listen to tunes in the wilderness
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