FITCH assigned a short-term rating of F1+ to Japanese government Treasury bills.

TrendForce says rapid growth in AI training and inference is driving data centers to higher power, density and larger-scale clusters. Rising energy use from data movement is prompting cloud service providers to elevate interconnect technology to the same strategic level as compute. Interconnect architecture has become a key determinant of AI-factory expansion speed, energy efficiency and supply-chain control. TrendForce forecasts the co‑packaged optics (CPO) and near‑packaged optics (NPO) market will jump from roughly $100 million in 2025 to more than $39 billion by 2030.

Qatari prime minister and foreign minister said he expects all parties to participate in upcoming talks in a positive, constructive spirit.