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Infineon and Enphase call their 900 V CoolGaN bidirectional switches the first monolithic GaN parts at that rating. They have passed testing, but production qualification and a commercial date are still open.
Chips & Power Desk
Batteries
CATL told investors its sulfide all-solid-state cells reached 20 Ah samples, with a target of about 500 Wh/kg. Small-batch output stays set for 2027 and mass production for about 2030.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Data centers
Mountain Home's City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 27 to halt data center applications and permits, though Weitz and Co. has filed no application for its 3.4 million sq ft Bennett Ranch plan.
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Policy & Economics
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Intel and Oracle said on Oct. 27 they plan to expand Xeon computing on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with X14 offerings expected on Diamond Rapids. No launch date, price or capacity figure was given.
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Data centers
FOX13 Memphis reported Oct. 28 that xAI unit MZX Tech will buy Southaven homes from owners who release all claims, as a noise suit over 69 turbines heads to an Oct. 29 court conference.
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Ceva claims up to 2X AI throughput per mm² and 50% better energy efficiency than its first NeuPro generation. NeuPro Ultra moves the licensable NPU into data centers; general availability is planned for Q2 2027.
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PowerProject file
Dow's Long Mott Xe-100 plant at Seadrift, Texas, awaits an NRC final safety evaluation targeted for November 2026. The permit decision is still listed as TBD, and Dow has announced no decision to build.
Nuclear & Microgrids Desk
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Hearing requests on Dominion's North Anna early site permit renewal are due at the NRC by Nov 10. Amazon's 2024 MOU to explore an SMR of at least 300 MW names no design.
Nuclear & Microgrids Desk
Power
Rosatom says fuel for Rooppur unit 2 has arrived in Bangladesh and is in storage, weeks after unit 1 reached criticality on Oct. 11. No licence or loading date for unit 2 is given yet.
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Policy & Economics
UK MPs on the Public Accounts Committee say Sizewell C's RAB financing leaves consumers with about £22bn more at £47.7bn cost, while investors add £30m; DESNZ disputes the finding.
Policy & Economics Desk
Daily Science
A Dresden team's XCP model screened 24,000+ non-layered crystals for 2D materials. Every result is a calculation, and lab synthesis is still untested, the researchers say.
Science Desk
Cooling & rack power
LG Electronics said cumulative AI data center cooling orders passed KRW 3 trillion through Q3, from about KRW 600 billion at H1, as it widens from chillers to CDUs.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Power
Mitsubishi Power's Asia Pacific chief says 2028 and 2029 turbine slots are almost full and new orders face delivery around 2031, stretching the wait for gas power at data centers.
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Batteries
AlphaESS says production of the Jonava battery for Lithuania is complete and the Aster 5000 containers are ready to ship, with a 110 kV grid link, but no owner or start date is named.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Batteries
Chile's operational battery storage reached 13,555 MWh in September 2026, ACERA data show, while 22,123 MWh more is under construction, most of it paired with solar.
Energy & Cooling Desk
Data centers
Clayco set the final beam on the first 855,000-square-foot Project Jupiter building, but the campus's gas supply for its 2.45 GW fuel-cell microgrid is still unresolved.
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Data centers
Aleria's Oct. 21 release lists about 14,000 Rubin GPUs, 6,000 Groq 3 LPX accelerators and 8,000 Vera CPUs for a 60MW UAE site, but gives no location, date or power source.
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Chips
Huawei's Enjoy 100 Pro Max, launched in China on Oct. 28, uses the Kirin 8020 in its 512GB version and the Kirin 8020A in the 128GB and 256GB ones, with prices from CNY 1,999 and an 8,800mAh battery.
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Chips
Malaysian customs seized 30 servers carrying advanced AI chips, valued at 49.5 million ringgit ($12.1 million), and tied them to a syndicate behind five cases this year, with no brands or destination named.
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NVIDIA's hotfix driver 621.12, released Oct. 27, fixes video playback freezes and black screens on GeForce RTX 50 GPUs and RTX Spark laptops after Game Ready driver 621.01. It ships in x64 and ARM64 builds.
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