Chief of Staff and Minister for Special Tasks Nina Warken (R) looks on as German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil (C) greets German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer (L) at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on October 28, 2026 at the Chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Supporters of Extinction Rebellion Cape Town protest against proposed data centres in the city, outside the Civic Centre in Cape Town, on September 4, 2026. As the South African government encourages data centre development to promote "Africa's digital gateway", civil society groups have demanded a moratorium and the establishment of controls. With around 63 centres, South Africa is the most advanced data centre market on the continent, which has less than one percent of global facilities, and is keen to attract more in a sector being propelled by the AI boom. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - An ESKOM personnel, the national electricity supplier, works on a streetlight next to a communal tap at the Barcelona informal settlement in Gugulethu, which is located less than 2km from the site of a proposed large data centre near Cape Town International Airport, in Cape Town, on September 7, 2026. As the South African government encourages data centre development to promote "Africa's digital gateway", civil society groups have demanded a moratorium and the establishment of controls. With around 63 centres, South Africa is the most advanced data centre market on the continent, which has less than one percent of global facilities, and is keen to attract more in a sector being propelled by the AI boom. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP via Getty Images)

Members of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department display a computer server equipped with AI chips that was confiscated at Kuala Lumpur airport's free trade zone, following a press conference in Sepang on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP via Getty Images)

Director of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Customs Department (LTAKL), Aspalila AG Tuah (L) and members of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department display a computer server equipped with AI chips that was confiscated at Kuala Lumpur airport's free trade zone, following a press conference in Sepang on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP via Getty Images)

Director of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Customs Department (LTAKL), Aspalila AG Tuah (2nd L), and Head of the Strategic Secretariat at the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) Masyitah Ismail (L) pose with members of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department beside computer servers equipped with AI chips that was confiscated at Kuala Lumpur airport's free trade zone, following a press conference in Sepang on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP via Getty Images)

This picture shows a computer server equipped with AI chips that was confiscated by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department at Kuala Lumpur airport's free trade zone, following a press conference in Sepang on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP via Getty Images)

Members of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department display a computer server equipped with AI chips that was confiscated at Kuala Lumpur airport's free trade zone, following a press conference in Sepang on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP via Getty Images)