AI Infrastructure & Data Centers

Düsseldorf/Prague – September 13, 2026 -- Polarise, a European sovereign AI cloud provider, has signed a cooperation agreement with Czech infrastructure operator Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRA) to secure 15 MW of capacity at CRA's new "Prague Gateway" data center in Jiloviste near Prague, along with exclusive rights for further expansion at the site.

Polarise enters Central Europe with its first confirmed site partnership

The deal marks Polarise's first concrete location partnership in its expanding network of AI-ready sites across Europe and its entry into the Central European market. Prague Gateway is a purpose-built AI data center designed for liquid-cooled infrastructure and compatible with current and future GPU generations, with operational readiness targeted for mid-2027 across multiple expansion phases.

Zurich – September 13, 2026 -- ABB has published a report with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) arguing that direct current (DC) technology is shifting from a niche application to a central component of industrial, commercial and digital power infrastructure, with decisions made over the next two to three years determining which market players lead the transition.

800 VDC distribution emerges as defining architecture for AI infrastructure

The report identifies AI data centers as the most immediate driver of DC adoption, finding that conventional electrical architectures are reaching practical limits as AI workloads push power density requirements higher. It concludes that 800 VDC distribution is emerging as the defining architecture for next-generation AI infrastructure, enabling operators to maximize compute capacity within constrained grid connections while improving energy efficiency.

Beijing – September 13, 2026 -- ModelBest, a Chinese AI startup, has released MiniCPM5-2B, a 2-billion-parameter open-source language model that ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index among open-source models under 4 billion parameters. The model, built in collaboration with the OpenBMB open-source community, also scored 20 on the Agentic Index, a metric measuring autonomous task-execution capability, outpacing peers in its size category.

Model runs agentic tasks natively on edge hardware without cloud dependency

MiniCPM5-2B natively supports tool calling, deep search, code generation, and multi-step reasoning despite its compact parameter count. ModelBest positions the release as evidence that increasing 'intelligence density' rather than scaling parameter counts can deliver strong performance within the compute, memory, and power constraints typical of edge devices such as PCs, smartphones, robotics, and IoT hardware.

Singapore – September 13, 2026 -- Accels has launched a combined AI infrastructure and financial services platform aimed at businesses building autonomous AI agents, betting that token consumption will replace seats and subscriptions as the core unit of AI economic activity.

Goldman Sachs projects a 24-fold surge in global AI token consumption by 2030

Separate industry forecasts cited by the company put annual token-related spending rising from roughly $200 billion today to as much as $2.5 trillion a year, driven largely by AI agents operating continuously rather than responding to occasional human queries.

Dubai – September 13, 2026 -- Robo.ai Inc. (Nasdaq: AIIO) will ask shareholders to approve a tenfold expansion of its authorized share capital at an extraordinary general meeting scheduled for September 13, 2026, at 4:30 pm Dubai local time.

Robo.ai seeks to raise authorized capital from $400,000 to $4,000,000

The Dubai-based, Nasdaq-listed company is proposing to increase its authorized share capital from $400,000, divided into 200,000,000 shares, to $4,000,000, divided into 2,000,000,000 shares. The plan calls for creating an additional 225,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 1,575,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, each carrying a par value of $0.002.

Las Vegas – September 13, 2026 -- CleanSpark, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSK) has received conditional batch zero classification from ERCOT covering 885 MW of contracted power capacity across its two Texas sites, the company disclosed in its unaudited August 2026 operations update.

ERCOT grants baseload and studied load designations for Texas capacity

The grid operator classified 585 MW of CleanSpark's contracted capacity for batch zero baseload designation and an additional 300 MW for batch zero studied load designation. CEO and Chairman Matt Schultz said the classification arrived as expected and reflects the company's continued cooperation with an audit directive from Governor Abbott involving both ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT).

"We look forward to working collaboratively with all stakeholders to serve the needs of Texans while also delivering for our shareholders and customers," Schultz said.

New York – September 13, 2026 -- Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: GLXY) said five of its Texas data center projects have received conditional classifications under the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Batch Zero large load interconnection process, covering approximately 4.2 gigawatts (GW) of gross power capacity.

ERCOT splits Galaxy's projects into base load and studied load categories

Santa Clara, Calif. – September 12, 2026 -- Everpure (NYSE: P) will join the S&P 500 effective before trading opens on Monday, September 21, 2026, the storage and data management company announced.

Everpure secures a seat among America's 500 largest publicly traded companies

The S&P 500 tracks 500 leading U.S. companies across major economic sectors and is the benchmark index for large-cap equities. Inclusion criteria cover market capitalization, trading liquidity, and financial performance, factors index committees use to gauge a company's scale and stability within the broader market.

New York – September 12, 2026 -- Host Digital Infrastructure LLC has secured a 15-year take-or-pay lease for approximately 43 megawatts of critical IT load, worth roughly $1.25 billion over its base term, ahead of a reverse merger that will take the company public through Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (NYSE American: HCWC).

Host Digital Secures 43 MW Lease Worth $1.25 Billion Before Public Listing

The lease, signed August 7, 2026, covers an existing northeast Oklahoma facility of nearly 80,000 square feet with load already above 45 megawatts. Annual rent escalators apply, and delivery to the tenant is expected in the first half of 2027, with no revenue recognized under the lease to date. The agreement is expected to carry a backstop from a U.S.-based, investment-grade global technology company; total contracted revenue could reach approximately $3.2 billion if all renewal options across a possible 30-year term are exercised.

Waxahachie, Texas – September 12, 2026 -- Americase International said Mike Pagel, Principal Consultant with its HazMat Safety Consulting subsidiary, contributed dangerous goods and regulatory expertise to a January 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) white paper setting safety requirements for energy storage systems (ESS) deployed in data centers amid rising AI and high-performance computing power demands.

OCP guidance targets battery risks from rack-level backups to large-scale storage

The white paper, Requirements for Energy Storage Systems Used in Data Centers, covers configurations ranging from rack-level battery backup units and centralized uninterruptible power supply systems to larger battery energy storage systems (BESS). It addresses battery chemistry, testing, fire protection, transportation, emergency response and end-of-life management for lithium-ion, nickel-zinc, lead-acid, sodium-ion and supercapacitor systems.