As competition intensifies in the AI hardware boom, Jabil is emerging as a pivotal force, leveraging its global supply chain expertise and strategic partnerships to secure long-term contracts and outmaneuver rivals. Amid surging demand for advanced data center infrastructure, the company’s targeted investments in US-based manufacturing, thermal management technologies, and factory automation are positioning it as a key beneficiary of this accelerating industry shift.

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House may have dealt a blow to the clean energy subsidies championed under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), but his administration is doubling down on “America First” manufacturing and mounting a fierce blockade against Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

OpenAI has officially merged with io Products, Inc., a hardware-focused startup founded by former Apple designer Jony Ive. The move formalizes a two-year collaboration that began between Ive, his creative collective LoveFrom, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Semes, the semiconductor equipment subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, has had its semiconductor cleaning process technology recognized by the South Korean government as a National Core Technology (NCT). This recognition positions Semes as a global leader in advanced semiconductor cleaning processes.