Asia Tech News Digest - August 15, 2026

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1 CNA India PM Modi woos youth with free coaching, AI training Speaking weeks after massive youth-led protests forced the education minister to resign, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the initiative was aimed at easing the financial burden on millions of families. AI
2 TechAsia Goldman Sachs in talks on Nvidia’s $500b AI plan Nvidia has said it has the option to backstop up to US$125 billion, or 25% of potential deals. AI
3 TechAsia Nvidia scales back data center guarantee plans: report Separately, OpenAI’s Stargate project with Oracle and SoftBank Group is a US$500 billion US AI infrastructure effort expected to exceed 9 gigawatts by 2029. AI
4 DigiTimes Research insight: Delta, Lite-on raise capex to 9% of revenue in AI data center power race The speed of AI data center deployment is raising the bar for power and cooling suppliers. Chipmakers such as Nvidia and AMD are refreshing platforms annually, with each generation bringing sharp increases in power density and thermal requirements. Suppliers that cannot match that pace in R&D or capacity deployment ris AISemiconductor
5 DigiTimes Memory supply crunch pushes long-term contracts beyond the big three The global memory supply shortage is intensifying, with long-term agreements (LTAs) rapidly expanding beyond the three major memory manufacturers—Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, and Micron Technology—to include Sandisk, Nanya Technology Corporation, and China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). Electronics
6 DigiTimes AI server tracker: Demand drives July revenue gains across Taiwan infrastructure suppliers Data center infrastructure providers reported revenue gains across baseboard management controllers (BMCs), optical modules, power supply components, and thermal management products. Some companies, such as LandMark Optoelectronics and Auras Technology, reported year-over-year July revenue growth exceeding 100%. Electronics
7 TechAsia Uber, Pony.ai plan 2,000 robotaxis in Europe The expansion would extend the companies’ existing commercial robotaxi service in Zagreb, Croatia, to four unnamed cities in Europe. Automation

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