Water Access Is Now a Risk Factor in SpaceX's IPO
TechCrunch AI1d agoBusinessSpaceX says it needs significant water resources to cool its data centers. The company identifies access to abundant, affordable water as a challenge. As SpaceX moves toward an IPO, water availability has become a risk factor for investors to consider alongside its infrastructure needs.
After Nvidia’s $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M
TechCrunch AI4d agoHardwareTechCrunch cites Axios reporting that AI chipmaker Groq is seeking $650 million in internal funding. The company is reportedly pivoting from hardware toward AI inference, the stage focused on how models respond to prompts. The report comes after Nvidia’s $20 billion not-aqui-hire, underscoring continued investor attention around AI compute and inference infrastructure.
Amazon OpenSearch Serverless is now available in the Vercel Marketplace
Vercel Changelog5d agoNew ToolVercel says Amazon OpenSearch Serverless is now available through the Vercel Marketplace. The provided source includes only the title, so implementation details such as provisioning flow, billing, credentials, regions, or v0 support cannot be confirmed. The update mainly signals broader AWS infrastructure availability inside Vercel’s marketplace, relevant to teams building search, analytics, observability, or retrieval features on Vercel.
Taiwan's First National Space Launch Site Faces EIA Hurdles, Targets 2034 Orbit
INSIDE 硬塞 AI8d agoHardwareTaiwan's National Space Organization (TASA) faced a setback as the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for its Jiupeng launch site was sent back for corrections due to insufficient air pollution and noise evaluations. The project is critical for Taiwan's space autonomy, aiming to launch a 200kg-class satellite into orbit by 2034. TASA must address ecological and local community concerns before proceeding.