At SEMICON Taiwan, engineers unveiled micro‑LED co‑packaged optics for AI datacenters. Copper cables lose signal strength beyond 3 m at high speeds. Co‑packaged optical modules connect servers up to 10 m away, using 70 % less energy and delivering near‑zero latency.
UK lawmakers advanced rules in the House of Lords that grant powers to shut down AI datacenters in emergencies. Voluntary safety pledges have no legal force. Datacenter operators must build hardware-verified power isolation switches to comply with the statutory rules.
The EU has begun reviewing Cybersecurity Act 2.0, banning tech that uses parts from high-risk vendors across all supply tiers. Relying on the primary vendor alone fails when sub-chips are unvetted. Companies must audit every component, down to the raw circuit board.
Egypt and a US group launched a green AI datacenter hub on the Mediterranean coast. US and European grids suffer five‑year interconnection delays. Placing computing clusters beside subsea internet cables and powering them with dedicated solar energy bypasses public‑grid queues.
SwitchBot unveiled a wearable edge assistant at IFA Berlin. It controls home robots without cloud servers. Sending domestic audio to cloud APIs can leak data and cause delay. Local neural chips process voice commands in 50 ms and trigger machines via local radios.