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Power, cooling and GPU links form triple barrier to data centre expansion amid AI boom

Surging demand for AI computing is pushing the data centre industry up against physical limits in power supply, cooling performance and GPU-to-GPU data transfer, making rapid expansion harder through chip gains alone. Grid constraints, long waits for high-voltage transformers and rising costs are key hurdles. Operators are adding on-site generation and exploring SMRs. Cooling is shifting from air to liquid systems. Interconnects are moving from copper to optics, while solid-state transformers draw interest despite high costs.

Industry

Taiwan sets record 2027 technology budget to boost sovereign AI and computing infrastructure

Taiwan\'s government has set a record technology budget for 2027, stepping up investment to strengthen AI and semiconductor competitiveness. The plan makes building “sovereign AI” computing infrastructure a core task and aims to expand national-level investment to respond to global AI competition and geopolitical risks. The budget includes funding for the Smart Nation 2.0 programme, next-generation strategic technologies, semiconductor projects, net-zero technologies, regional industrial development, and space and communications initiatives.

AI & Enterprise

PsiQuantum presses ahead with photon-based large-scale quantum computer

Quantum computing company PsiQuantum is accelerating efforts to build a large-scale quantum computer using photons. It is pursuing an approach that makes chips in existing semiconductor production facilities and connects about 100 cooling cabinets to implement a practical-scale system. Founded in 2016 by four physicists from British universities, the company has raised $1 billion and begun work on a Chicago hub, while preparing a second hub in Australia.