Taihao Software signed a strategic cooperation agreement with CHINA'S CPU MAKER HAIGUANG at the Light Organism 2026 Intelligent Computing Application Conference in Zhengzhou, Henan. The deal commits both parties to deepen cooperation on technology adaptation, product coordination and joint ecosystem development.

The Wall Street Journal reports a senior Amazon Web Services executive, Dave Brown, plans to join Meta Platforms in the coming weeks to accelerate Meta's data-center and cloud computing buildout. Brown, one of AWS's senior managers with nearly 20 years of industry experience, will report to Meta's head of infrastructure. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said building a cloud business is "absolutely under consideration" and that enterprises contact Meta "almost every week" seeking access to its AI models or willing to pay to use idle compute.

Naftogaz, Ukraine's state gas company, said a Russian drone strike has put a gas production facility in Kharkiv region out of service.