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On June 16, IMF President Kristalina Georgieva stated that three months after the outbreak of the Middle East war, the global economy remains stable with no signs of slowdown. She continues to maintain a 'high level of vigilance' regarding the impact of the Middle East war on the global economy and warned that even though the U.S. and Iran have announced an agreement to restart operations in the Strait of Hormuz, it will still take time for energy supplies to recover. The shocks to the global economy from energy shortages over the past few months have been somewhat buffered by technological advancements, particularly in investments in artificial intelligence and data centers. 'The U.S. is benefiting from this global technology cycle, as are some Asian economies with rapid growth in exports of certain tech products. However, most countries have not yet truly felt the driving effects of technological advancements on productivity and economic growth, raising concerns about further divergence in the global economy.'

BlockBeats news, on June 15, green energy infrastructure startup TAR announced the completion of a $27 million seed round to develop modular “plug-and-play” power systems for data centers, aiming to address the power and deployment bottlenecks faced by data centers in the age of AI. According to reports, this solution combines solar energy, wind power, battery storage, and natural gas backup units, achieving nearly 24/7 local power supply and reducing dependence on the public grid. This helps sidestep grid connection queues, approval delays, and power price fluctuations. TAR’s co-founder stated that the core idea is to dramatically shorten the deployment cycle of energy systems through factory prefabrication, pre-assembly, and pre-testing, enabling data centers to go online rapidly. In pilot projects, the system can provide approximately 10MW of stable power supply, and there are plans to deploy over 200MW-level steady load capacity before 2027. The company pointed out that its first customer is an undisclosed “neocloud” service provider, aiming to offer faster energy solutions for AI computing infrastructure. In terms of the economic model, TAR said its solution does not pursue costs lower than traditional power grids but prioritizes the “speed issue.” The off-grid energy system can be deployed in about three months, avoiding the time costs associated with grid connection and land restrictions. As AI computing demand continues to grow, power supply has been identified by multiple studies as one of the main bottlenecks to data center expansion. Industry analysis suggests that this “off-grid energy + modular data center” model is becoming one of the new directions in AI infrastructure competition.

Foresight News reports, according to SlowMist analysis, on June 14, Aztec Connect’s abandoned contract was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately 2.19 million US dollars. The root cause was a boundary gap between the traversal range of the L1 settlement loop in the RollupProcessorV3 contract and the commitment range of the ZK public input hash. The attacker exploited the gap between numRealTxs and decoded_slots, allowing 31 empty slots to be submitted to the L2 state root through ZK proof, bypassing L1 contract layer verification. This enabled arbitrary asset minting on L2 and withdrawal to L1. The entire attack was completed in a single atomic transaction and took place in two phases: 7 minting operations and 7 withdrawal operations, stealing various assets including DAI, wstETH, ETH, and others. Currently, all stolen funds remain at the attacker’s address and have not yet been moved. Although Aztec Connect was abandoned in March 2024, the contract remains immutable and still holds user legacy assets.