Taiwanese tech contractor and major global electronics manufacturer
The AI-driven memory-chip rally has continued this week. SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics have joined trillion-dollar valuations while the broader Kospi shows renewed volatility amid global AI market enthusiasm and new IPO chatter.
SoftBank has announced a €75bn plan to build AI data centres in northern France and to develop up to 5GW of capacity by 2031. Governments and companies are tightening domestic energy plans in response, prompting talks on interconnectors, local refineries and nuclear or modular-reactor options to meet the data centres’ huge electricity demand.
Agility Robotics has announced a planned merger with Churchill Capital's SPAC, valuing the company at $2.5 billion and marking it as the first publicly traded company focused on humanoid robots. Digit is already deployed in several sites, with next-gen Digit v5 in development, and funding from major investors.