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TSMC to Build Additional 3nm Fab in Southern Taiwan, Mass Production Targeted for 2028 According to the reports, TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei revealed the plan during an earnings conference for the third quarter on October 15, stating that the company is expanding its fab capacity to meet strong customer demand. SBS Oct 19, 2026 11:29 AM

China's Q3 GDP Grows 4.5%, Up from 4.3% in Q2 According to Reuters on October 19, China's National Bureau of Statistics announced that its gross domestic product for the third quarter increased by 4.5% compared to the same period last year. SBS Oct 19, 2026 11:28 AM

"Repeated IPO Withdrawals by Australian Data Centers Trigger Plunge in AI Infrastructure Stocks" Firmus, a data center operator backed by Nvidia and Blackstone that pursued an IPO boasting a valuation of 44 billion Australian dollars (approximately 41 trillion won)—the second-largest in Australian history—abruptly withdrew its IPO plans on October 10. SBS Oct 19, 2026 11:23 AM

Zelenskyy: U.S. Pressuring Ukraine to Surrender… Points to White House as Behind Starlink Restrictions In an interview with Bloomberg on the 18th , President Zelenskyy made the remarks, stating that recent actions by the Donald Trump administration are working to Ukraine's disadvantage. SBS Oct 19, 2026 11:12 AM

Putin Proposes Trilateral US-China-Russia Summit to Trump Next Month: Report President Donald Trump that they hold a trilateral summit next month involving the United States, China, and Russia to discuss the Ukraine issue, the Wall Street Journal reported. SBS Oct 19, 2026 10:08 AM

NYT: 'Weak Links in AI Borrowing Begin to Emerge' In an article on the 18th, the New York Times highlighted the funding and debt issues of companies like CoreWeave, Oracle, and SoftBank, questioning whether these are merely isolated vulnerabilities or signs of a structural problem spreading across data center construction as a whole. SBS Oct 19, 2026 10:07 AM

Anthropic Proposes Double-Digit Interest Rates Above 10% for AI Chip Financing Amid Soaring Borrowing Costs Anthropic is currently pursuing a $60 billion fundraising campaign. Of that total, $42 billion is set to be covered by senior secured bonds guaranteed by semiconductor company Broadcom, with the remaining $18 billion consisting of junior bonds. SBS Oct 19, 2026 9:44 AM

US Government's Annual Interest Costs Exceed $1 Trillion, Up $80 Billion 1,330 trillion won) this year. According to an announcement by the US Department of the Treasury, the federal government's net interest costs for fiscal year 2026 (October 2025 – September 2026) reached 1.05 trillion dollars (approx. SBS Oct 19, 2026 9:24 AM

Bomb Threat Forces Israel-to-Europe Passenger Flight to Make Emergency Landing According to AFP reports and flight tracking websites, Austrian Airlines Flight OS82 departed from Tel Aviv Airport in Israel at around 6:46 p.m. SBS Oct 19, 2026 9:22 AM

Cracks Appear in U.S. AI Infrastructure Boom as 47 Data Center Projects Hit Snags artificial intelligence infrastructure investment boom, the Financial Times reported on the 18th local time. SBS Oct 19, 2026 9:19 AM