AI Infrastructure

Delray Beach – September 22, 2026 -- The global modular data center market is projected to grow from $41.0 billion in 2026 to $93.6 billion by 2031, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 18.0%, according to a new MarketsandMarkets report. The market stood at $34.9 billion in 2025, underscoring an accelerating pace of adoption driven by AI workloads and cloud infrastructure buildouts.

Solution segment dominates as AI deployment demand climbs

The solution segment is set to command $29.85 billion of market value by 2026, the largest share among segment categories. All-in-one modular data centers, which integrate IT racks, power distribution, cooling, fire suppression and security into a single prefabricated enclosure, are forecast to post the highest CAGR at 19.6% through 2031. Skid-mounted systems will grow even faster, at 21.2% annually, as operators seek compact, self-contained infrastructure for rapid rollout in remote and edge locations.

Boston – September 22, 2026 -- QuEra Computing and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have agreed to integrate neutral-atom, fault-tolerant quantum computing systems with the HPE Cray supercomputing platform, giving enterprises and national laboratories an on-premises route to quantum capabilities alongside cloud access.

QuEra and HPE target hybrid quantum-classical workflows for on-premise deployment

The collaboration will let HPC centers run classical computation on Cray systems while offloading select subproblems to QuEra's quantum hardware within the same facility. The companies are pursuing integrated testbeds, hybrid algorithm co-design, software interoperability, and system-level performance benchmarking ahead of deployment.

QuEra and HPE have worked together since 2025, and HPE showcased a magic-state demonstration featuring QuEra's technology at HPE Discover Las Vegas 2026.

San Francisco – September 22, 2026 -- The Biological Computing Co. (TBC) has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring what it calls the world's first neuron-derived AI video model to market, cutting inference costs by 80% and speeding generation by 5x compared to the base open-source model.

TBC's software layer runs on standard AI infrastructure without new hardware

The optimization is delivered through a proprietary software layer derived from measurements of living neural activity. The layer adds less than 0.1% to the underlying model's footprint, requires no biological hardware, and demands no change to existing customer workflows, according to TBC.

Las Vegas – September 22, 2026 -- Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS) is moving to spin off its Bitcoin mining operations into a new subsidiary, Patriot BTC, separating the business from the company's Michigan AI data center strategy.

Patriot BTC would initially hold Montana data center and mining fleet

Under the proposed structure, Hyperscale Data intends to transfer all operating assets tied to its cryptocurrency mining business to Patriot BTC. These include the company's Montana data center and related infrastructure, along with its Bitcoin miners, mining equipment and associated mining infrastructure.

Minneapolis – September 21, 2026 -- Flexible Circuit Technologies Inc. (FCT) has developed a Liquid Leak Detection Flex Assembly aimed at protecting liquid-cooled AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC) systems from coolant failures.

FCT designs sensor to wrap directly around cooling hardware geometry

The flexible sensing assembly is engineered to fit around cold plates, manifolds, quick disconnects, coolant distribution units (CDUs), and server trays, placing detection points close to potential failure sites. The thin, lightweight profile is built for space-constrained rack and server environments where direct-to-chip liquid cooling is expanding.

New York – September 21, 2026 -- BigID launched AgentIQ, a new agentic automation interface that lets enterprises run their entire data security and AI compliance program from a single prompt, executed inside BigID or directly through Claude, Copilot, GPT or Gemini.

BigID removes the headcount cap on data security operations

"Every data & AI program is capped by how many people you can put on it. AgentIQ removes the cap," said Dimitri Sirota, CEO and Co-founder of BigID. Customers can now issue a single request to find sensitive data exposed to the internet, rank it by business risk, and revoke public access on the highest-risk assets, with every action automatically logged.

Waterloo, ON – September 21, 2026 -- Applied Brain Research (ABR) has released the ABR SDK, a production toolkit combining its Niagara streaming speech recognition and Nith streaming speech synthesis models into a single API that runs entirely on edge processor hardware, eliminating network dependency for voice interfaces.

Niagara ASR generates first text output in as little as 115 milliseconds

The Niagara automatic speech recognition models produce initial text from audio input in 115 milliseconds, measured on embedded application-class CPUs. The Nith text-to-speech models generate first audio output from initial text in 147 milliseconds, with all models operating faster than real time across every supported platform.

Seoul – September 21, 2026 -- LG Energy Solution said its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) has qualified as NVIDIA DSX Ready BESS, a designation reserved for partner products meeting NVIDIA's DSX reference design requirements for AI factory power infrastructure.

Qualification targets AI data center power bottlenecks

The DSX Ready program certifies building blocks for NVIDIA's DSX AI Factory Platform, which unifies compute, networking, power, cooling, facilities and software for AI factories. LG Energy Solution's AC-coupled BESS meets NVIDIA's applicable AC energy storage requirements, addressing AI load smoothing, voltage ride-through and power reliability challenges that data center operators face when scaling capacity.

Taipei – September 21, 2026 -- Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has unveiled a 3.2 Tbps silicon photonics optical engine capable of moving roughly 400 GB of data per second, doubling the throughput of its previous 1.6T generation.

ITRI mobilizes 20+ partners to commercialize 3.2T optical technology

The technology was showcased at the Innovation Economy Pavilion of the Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE) 2026, held at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1, where the Department of Industrial Technology (DoIT) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs presented 64 technologies from more than 13 research institutes and industry partners. To push the 3.2T engine toward commercial deployment, ITRI has built a supply chain network of more than 20 partners covering chip design, fabrication, testing and packaging, and has worked with international firms to align technical specifications for the standard.

Shanghai – September 21, 2026 -- Huawei unveiled its SCALE partner support system at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026, aiming to move enterprise AI deployments beyond pilot projects into full-scale industry adoption.

Huawei's Leo Chen outlines five partner challenges blocking large-scale AI rollout

Leo Chen, Huawei's Senior Vice President and President of Enterprise Sales, said during his keynote that partners face five recurring obstacles when scaling intelligent industry projects: solution development, integration verification, solution delivery, operations and maintenance, and system collaboration. The new SCALE system is structured around five corresponding support pillars: Scenario-based Solutions, Co-innovation, Aligned Marketing, Local Services with Consistent Quality, and Efficient Collaboration.