According to The Information, Meta has signed a multibillion-dollar, multi-year agreement to rent artificial intelligence chips from Google, marking a significant shift in the competitive landscape of AI hardware and signaling growing efforts by major technology companies to reduce dependence on Nvidia’s dominant processors. Under the agreement, Meta will use Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs) to train next-generation AI models, including future versions of its Llama systems. The deal expands Meta’s computing options at a time when demand for AI infrastructure is surging and access to advanced chips has become a strategic constraint across the industry.

Japan’s state-backed chip venture Rapidus announced on February 27 that it has secured a total of JPY267.6 billion (about US$1.7 billion) in new funding from both government and private-sector investors, marking a key step in its push to mass-produce 2nm logic chips by 2027.

Europe’s domestic battery sector is in a structural crisis, with high costs, technological shortfalls, and project delays eroding its ability to compete with Asian manufacturers.

A trilateral semiconductor model is emerging, combining Japan’s capital, Taiwan’s ecosystem expertise, and India’s talent. Alongside this, companies including Foxconn, Polymatech Electronics, Nvidia, AMD, Kaynes Semicon, and IBM are deepening India investments, reflecting rising localization, supply-chain ambitions, and expanding AI, packaging, and materials ecosystems despite policy and trade uncertainties.