Global Trends News 21 June 2025

June–July 2025 Global Green-Building Tech & PropTech Roundup

Rowan University opened the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park Museum in late June 2025, a mass-timber building that runs fossil-fuel-free with geothermal heating and planned solar to achieve net-zero energy, designed by Buro Happold and Ennead Architects. Brooklyn College

8 July 2025

Global Green Data Center Efficiency Developments (June–July 2025)

Deloitte forecasts global data center electricity use will nearly double from about 536 TWh in 2025 to over 1,000 TWh by 2030. S&P Global projects U.S. data center power demand rising about 12% annually through 2030, with roughly 60% of

8 July 2025

Efficiency · Global Trends · Green Data Centers · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:MSFT · NYSE:CEG · NYSE:SPGI · Sustainability · Technology

Vertical Farming and CEA Global Developments – June–July 2025 News Roundup

Eeki, the Indian agtech startup, secured $7 million in funding led by Sixth Sense Ventures to expand its IoT-powered aeroponic network across India. The investment supports scaling after Eeki already built 100 acres of climate‑controlled farms in arid Rajasthan and

7 July 2025

CEA · Global Trends · Innovation · Sustainable Agriculture · Vertical Farming

The State of Artificial Intelligence in 2025: Opportunities, Challenges, and Global Shifts / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 12:00 CET

Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that AI will concretely replace half of US white-collar workers. The IMF estimates up to 60% of jobs in advanced economies may be directly affected by AI. Jiahui Yu, co-creator of GPT-4.1 and GPT-4o, moved

5 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Challenges · Future · Global Trends · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:F · Opportunities

Global Battery Tech and Energy Storage Developments (June–July 2025)

BYD field-tested solid-state EV batteries with nearly 400 Wh/kg energy density, enabling about 1,500 km ranges on a 12-minute (80%) charge, with prototypes in real cars and aims for industrial scale by 2030. Nissan plans its first solid-state EV in

4 July 2025

Battery Technology · Energy storage · Global Trends · Innovation · NYSE:ARMCO · NYSE:STLA · Sustainability

AI in July 2025: Disruption, Opportunity, and Uncertainty Across the Globe / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:00 CET

Microsoft laid off about 4% of its workforce in July 2025, citing AI as a direct replacement for roles, notably in Xbox. More than 110 major European companies, including ASML, Airbus, Siemens, SAP, and Mistral AI, signed open letters urging

4 July 2025

2025 Insights · Artificial Intelligence · Disruption · Global Trends · Technology

Global AI Powerhouses Clash: China’s AI Revolution Challenges U.S. Tech Dominance

DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen now rival top U.S. models in capability, and DeepSeek costs about $0.55 per million tokens versus roughly $15 for OpenAI. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has more than 910 million downloads, while DeepSeek has about 125 million. HSBC

3 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · China Tech · Global Trends · Innovation · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:BABA · US Tech

The Global AI Surge: Disruption, Opportunity, and the New World Order / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 12:00 CET

In 2025, Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Alibaba’s language models gained global traction, with DeepSeek reportedly priced at 1/17th the cost of leading US models and adopted by HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Saudi Aramco. US tech giants increased AI

3 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Disruption · Global Trends · NASDAQ:ASML · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:NVDA · NASDAQ:ORCL · NYSE:BABA · NYSE:F · NYSE:HSBC · NYSE:SAP · Technology · World Order

Global FinTech Developments – June–July 2025

Revolut will integrate the European Payments Initiative’s Wero wallet into the Revolut app for customers in France, Belgium and Germany, a system launched in 2024 that already has over 40 million users and aims to add e-commerce payments by late

2 July 2025

Finance · Fintech · Global Trends · Innovation · NASDAQ:DLO · NYSE:DB · NYSE:MA · NYSE:V · NYSE:WU · Technology

Global Renewable Energy Developments (May–June 2025)

Global energy investment is projected to reach $3.3 trillion in 2025, with about $2.2 trillion directed to clean energy technologies. Solar is expected to attract $450 billion in 2025, making it the single biggest area of energy investment. China added

30 June 2025

Clean Tech · Global Trends · NYSE:ENLAY · Policy · Renewable Energy · Sustainability

The Global AI Revolution: Breakthroughs, Challenges, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 16:01 CET

The 4th Hong Kong InnoTech Expo drew over 58,000 visitors and featured 120 AI-powered student teams, with winners set to represent Hong Kong at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions. Mayo Clinic’s StateViewer AI tool detects nine types of dementia

29 June 2025

2025 Updates · Artificial Intelligence · Breakthroughs · Global Trends · Technology

100 Quantum Computing Companies Shaping the Global Quantum Revolution (2025)

Google Quantum AI achieved quantum supremacy in 2019 with the 54-qubit Sycamore processor performing a random circuit sampling task in 200 seconds. IBM Quantum progressed from the 127-qubit Eagle milestone in 2021 to 433-qubit Osprey in 2022, with a plan

21 June 2025

Global Trends · Innovation · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:IONQ · NYSE:IBM · Quantum Computing · Quantum Revolution · Tech Companies

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