Rival storage giants Samsung and SanDisk are set to integrate HBF technology into AI products from industry leaders like Nvidia, AMD, and Google. This move toward Host-Based Flash (HBF) marks a massive shift in how high-performance storage will handle the intense data demands of the artificial intelligence era.
Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new top-level initiative called Meta Compute, aimed at building out "tens of gigawatts" of AI infrastructure this decade to ensure the company never runs out of processing power.
Airloom Energy is demonstrating a wind power system at CES 2026 that uses vertical wings moving along an oval track instead of traditional tower-mounted blades. The company claims the design reduces costs by approximately 50 percent while maintaining equivalent power output, with a pilot site in Wyoming testing the technology for commercial deployment.
Meta is now using a special tool that was first made for the Steam Deck gaming machine. This tool helps Meta’s large computers work faster. It makes sure that your messages and photos load quickly by picking the most important tasks to do first.
Toshiba is mapping out a future for high capacity storage, with plans to release a 40TB hard drive next year and hit the 55TB mark by the end of the decade.
Chinese chipmaker Cambricon Technologies plans to triple AI accelerator output in 2026 as Nvidia retreats from the Chinese market. Strong demand and state backing support the move, but low yields, fabrication limits, and competition with Huawei raise questions about how far the expansion can go.
Leaked records suggest Amazon was already running more than 900 data centers in 2023, nearly double earlier estimates, highlighting the true scale of AWS infrastructure as AI demand accelerates globally.
Microsoft is moving past the traditional AI race and developing what it calls Humanist Superintelligence. The company claims its first medical diagnostic system has already surpassed human accuracy, but major questions remain about safety, oversight, energy demands, and whether such controlled superintelligence can ever be kept within strict boundaries.












