AI infrastructure

Gradiant secured $2 billion in Series E funding to expand water technology operations across AI data centers and semiconductor manufacturing. The round valued the Boston-based firm at $2 billion.

Gradiant deploys HyperSolved, an integrated water cooling platform for AI data centers, to leading global hyperscalers. The solution unifies fragmented water infrastructure into a single system.

Huawei Cloud Saudi Arabia appoints GAPP as official distributor, bringing AI and cloud solutions to Saudi enterprises with Class C compliance certification and disaster recovery capabilities.

Arm launches Arm AGI CPU for agentic AI infrastructure, with Verda deploying the processor alongside NVIDIA systems. The company contributes multiple specifications to the Open Compute Project to advance open standards.

AMD Instinct MI350P PCIe cards enable enterprises to run AI inference on existing data center infrastructure. The dual-slot cards deliver up to 4,600 peak teraflops and fit standard air-cooled servers.

SpaceXAI and Anthropic establish a partnership providing access to Colossus 1, featuring 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs for AI training and inference workloads.

SpaceXAI grants Anthropic access to Colossus 1 supercomputer featuring 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs. The partnership includes plans for orbital AI compute infrastructure development.

Meta posted a 33% revenue jump in Q1 2026 to $56.3 billion, driven by advertising growth and AI infrastructure investments. The company raised its 2026 capex forecast to $125-145 billion and plans further workforce reductions.

Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor business achieved record quarterly results driven by AI infrastructure demand, posting KRW133.9 trillion in revenue and a 756 percent surge in operating profit.

Vertiv completes acquisition of Strategic Thermal Labs to enhance liquid cooling capabilities for AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. The deal strengthens cold-plate design and thermal validation expertise.

Nutanix Agentic AI gains multitenant capabilities and enhanced cloud management tools to help neocloud providers deliver secure, scalable AI services. New features arrive in H2 2026.

Arm Holdings has launched the Arm AGI CPU, its first-ever self-designed data center chip, targeting agentic AI infrastructure with more than 2x performance per rack versus x86 platforms.

Ahmed AlSharif, former CTO of Sandsoft and veteran of PlayStation, EA, and Meta, has launched Think, a Riyadh-based AI infrastructure startup targeting GPU efficiency and rising hardware costs.

Anthropic has signed a multi-gigawatt TPU deal with Google and Broadcom, as the company’s run-rate revenue surpasses $30 billion and enterprise customer numbers double in under two months.

Cisco has named Bader Almadi as Vice President for Saudi Arabia, tasking him with leading strategy and commercial operations in the Kingdom. Almadi brings over 20 years of technology leadership experience, including senior roles at Google Cloud, Dell Technologies, and Oracle.

Gradiant has been awarded a contract to build a water treatment facility for a hyperscale AI data center in Didcot, Oxfordshire, covering treatment, recycling, and zero liquid discharge.

Former Sandsoft CTO Ahmed AlSharif and Ammar Enaya have launched Think, a Riyadh-based AI infrastructure startup targeting GPU efficiency, cooling, and power bottlenecks in AI deployments.

Cisco expanded its Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA on March 31, 2026, offering enterprises a framework to deploy AI from data centers to edge locations. The architecture compresses deployment timelines from months to weeks while embedding security at every layer.

ZTE presented end-to-end intelligent computing solutions at CloudFest 2026 in Germany, reporting over 200% growth in server and storage revenue in 2025 and ranking eighth globally in server shipments.

Cisco has appointed Shane Heraty as Vice President and General Manager for the MEA–TRC region, effective May 1, 2026. Heraty brings over 30 years of technology experience, including more than 20 years at Cisco.

Vertiv has agreed to acquire Italian heat-exchange specialist ThermoKey S.p.A., with the deal expected to close in Q2 2026 and expand Vertiv’s thermal management portfolio for AI data centers.

Vertiv has integrated simulation-ready power and cooling models into the NVIDIA Vera Rubin DSX AI factory reference design. The collaboration aims to reduce deployment risk and accelerate time to operational readiness for large-scale AI infrastructure.