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On July 23, 2026, AMD unveiled its Helios rackscale AI platform built around new Instinct MI455X GPUs and EPYC 9006 “Venice” CPUs at its Advancing AI 2026 event in San Francisco. The system packs 72 MI455X accelerators and thousands of Zen 6 cores in a single rack, delivering vendor-rated exaflop-class performance for large-scale inference and training.
SoftBank Group announced on May 31, 2026 that it will develop and operate 5 GW of AI data center capacity in France, investing up to €75 billion across multiple sites including Dunkirk, Bosquel and Bouchain. The first phase commits €45 billion to deliver 3.1 GW of AI data center capacity in the Hauts‑de‑France region by 2031, in partnership with EDF and Schneider Electric. ([group.softbank](https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20260531_0))
An opinion piece in PV Magazine Australia on May 4, 2026 argues that AI is reshaping data centre design, citing forecasts that generative AI could reach $1.8 trillion in market size by 2032 and consume around 36% of global data centre capacity. The article discusses how AI‑driven optimisation and liquid cooling can help manage high‑density, GPU‑heavy workloads sustainably. ([pv-magazine-australia.com](https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2026/05/04/energy-for-ai-ai-for-energy-designing-ai-ready-data-centres/))