19 May 2025

Smart Materials, Smarter R&D: Materials Informatics in 2025
Materials informatics is reshaping the landscape of materials research and development, bringing the full power of the data revolution to science and engineering. By leveraging AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics, materials informatics is accelerating discovery, streamlining development, and opening entirely new pathways for innovation.
Innovation Map
6 May 2025

Custom AI ASICs Used by Hyperscalers as AI Chips
Innovation map of Custom AI Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) used by hyperscalers as AI chips.
2 May 2025

Direct Air Capture: Reaching a Capture Cost of US$100/Tonne of CO₂
Direct air capture (DAC) could play an essential role in meeting global net-zero targets by addressing residual and legacy CO₂ emissions. However, capture costs are currently too high. This IDTechEx article explores pathways to lower-cost DAC.
Innovation Map
16 Apr 2025

Ion Exchange Membrane Market Trends and Commercial Activity
Innovation map for Ion exchange membrane market trends and commercial activity.
9 Apr 2025

Emerging Recyclable Materials for PCBs
Conventional printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing is wasteful, harmful to the environment and energy intensive. This can be mitigated by the implementation of new recyclable materials and technologies, which have the potential to revolutionize electronics manufacturing.
14 Mar 2025

Green Computing Ecosystems: IDTechEx Explores Sustainable Data Centers
Data centers can be likened to an ecosystem of computing facilities that contain many facets required to store and handle data. IDTechEx's latest report, "Sustainability for Data Centers 2025-2035: Green Technologies, Market Forecasts, and Players", unpacks efforts being made in the data center sector towards increased sustainability in response to the rising CO2 emissions from the development of AI.
7 Mar 2025

Green Technologies Continue to Thrive - IDTechEx and Sustainability
As the United States withdraws from the 2015 Paris Agreement, which established globally shared goals that pledged to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, concerns about the future of sustainable technologies are growing. However, IDTechEx identifies key areas where sustainable growth can remain a reality.
6 Mar 2025

IDTechEx Explores Big Tech's Impact on the Quantum Computing Market
In the last few months, three of the world's largest tech giants made waves with their announcements in quantum computing. But what will the impact of Microsoft's Majorana 1, Google's Willow, and Amazon's Ocelot be once the dust has settled, and is it just big tech making strides in developing quantum computers?
20 Feb 2025

Data Centers Investing in Nuclear, Fuel Cells, and Li-ion Batteries
IDTechEx forecasts that by 2035, the global data center sector will have saved US$150 billion by using low-carbon energy sources compared to a fossil fuel scenario (taking 2024 as the baseline). Some emerging energy technologies expected to play an increasingly important role are explored in this article.