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Inside NVIDIA's validation lab, where Rubin GPUs get broken before customers can

Validation engineer Sakeena Fiza describes the hunt for hardware failures on boards with tens of thousands of components and racks approaching 500,000.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Data center opposition goes post-partisan as $68B in projects stall
Business

Data center opposition goes post-partisan as $68B in projects stall

A Data & Society field study finds Pennsylvania residents resisting AI infrastructure across ideological lines, driven by power bills and property values.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
AI data center buildout could generate 617M tons of e-waste by 2050
Security

AI data center buildout could generate 617M tons of e-waste by 2050

A new Basel Action Network report says prior AI e-waste estimates missed 87% of data center infrastructure, dramatically expanding the trash forecast.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Philadelphia activists push data center moratorium as AI buildout hits scarred cities
Business

Philadelphia activists push data center moratorium as AI buildout hits scarred cities

Grays Ferry residents who lived next to the East Coast's largest oil refinery are organizing against two proposed AI data center sites.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Business

Oracle to spend another $700M on restructuring as AI buildout accelerates

The added charge lands as Oracle pours capital into data centers to service its Stargate commitment and cloud backlog.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Pentagon in talks to lend $5B to AI cloud startup Fluidstack
Business

Pentagon in talks to lend $5B to AI cloud startup Fluidstack

The proposed loan would mark one of the largest direct federal financings of AI compute infrastructure to date.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
TCS unit to spend up to $7.4B on AI data center campus in India
Business

TCS unit to spend up to $7.4B on AI data center campus in India

Tata Consultancy Services' infrastructure arm is placing one of India's largest bets yet on domestic AI compute capacity.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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Business

Nscale seeks $3.5B in pre-IPO financing ahead of month-end listing

The British AI compute provider wants $1.5B in convertible notes and $2B more from Nvidia before going public.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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Business

Lambda raises $1B in debt to buy Nvidia chips for Microsoft lease

The neocloud's third GPU-backed loan this year points to a debt-fueled AI infrastructure race now topping $400B globally.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Google tightens Android app memory rules as AI chip demand squeezes phones
Business

Google tightens Android app memory rules as AI chip demand squeezes phones

New Play Store thresholds land in February 2027, with Zero Tap Sign-In mandatory by April 2027 as memory supply tightens.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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Business

Nvidia forecasts 70% sales growth next year as AI spend keeps climbing

Jensen Huang's company tells investors the AI capex cycle has years left, guiding to 70% top-line growth into next year.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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Business

Anthropic signs $45B compute deal with Nscale for Nvidia Vera Rubin chips

The six-year rental is Anthropic's fifth major compute pact in eight months as it races to keep pace with OpenAI.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
nVent Electric to buy Maverick Power for $1.75B to expand data center lineup
Business

nVent Electric to buy Maverick Power for $1.75B to expand data center lineup

The electrical connection and protection supplier is doubling down on AI data center infrastructure with its largest deal to date.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Alibaba plans $10B Hong Kong share placement to fund AI buildout
Business

Alibaba plans $10B Hong Kong share placement to fund AI buildout

The raise would rank among the largest secondary equity offerings in Hong Kong this cycle, earmarked for AI infrastructure and model spend.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Silicon Data raises $30M to build a Wall Street price for AI compute
Business

Silicon Data raises $30M to build a Wall Street price for AI compute

The startup wants to be the reference index for GPU rental, with CME compute futures set to launch October 5th pending regulatory approval.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
TerraPower's molten-salt reactor pitches AI data centers on stored heat
Business

TerraPower's molten-salt reactor pitches AI data centers on stored heat

The Bill Gates-founded startup will announce its first data center customer this year, betting a 345-MW reactor with thermal storage beats rivals on load-following.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Samsung raises chipmaking prices up to 15% as AI demand tightens supply
Business

Samsung raises chipmaking prices up to 15% as AI demand tightens supply

The world's largest memory maker is passing AI-driven scarcity through to foundry and memory customers in the steepest hike since the 2021 shortage.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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Business

Groq raises $350M at $3.5B valuation to pivot from chips to neocloud

The Nvidia-backed round marks a new valuation floor after Nvidia's $20B licensing deal stripped out Groq's founding team.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Business

Nvidia backs 4.25 GW Ohio AI factory for OpenAI in $600B compute deal

Jensen Huang commits Nvidia's balance sheet to secure land, power and shell at PORTS-Pike, with OpenAI as the tenant through 2030.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Lam Research to invest more than $3 billion expanding chip R&D labs
Business

Lam Research to invest more than $3 billion expanding chip R&D labs

The semiconductor equipment maker is doubling down on next-generation chipmaking tools as AI accelerator demand strains fabrication capacity.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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Business

Nvidia backstops $500B AI data center push by guaranteeing GPU resale values

Jensen Huang gets Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to fund the buildout — in exchange for covering 25% of any collateral shortfall.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Business

OpenAI writes Governor Abbott pledging responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

The letter positions OpenAI alongside Texas as the state courts data center buildouts and hyperscaler investment.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Amazon's Texas data center power plant permitted for 33M tons of CO2
Business

Amazon's Texas data center power plant permitted for 33M tons of CO2

GW Ranch, a 7.65-gigawatt gas plant in Pecos County built to feed one Amazon site, holds a permit exceeding the largest US coal plant.

Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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Business

Google's $15B India data center project faces water and wildlife pushback

The Visakhapatnam build is Google's largest AI infrastructure bet in India, and local objections are mounting before construction begins.

Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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