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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Meta is taking a bold leap in the artificial intelligence arms race with a massive infrastructure buildout that could redefine both the future of AI and America’s energy landscape. In a recent announcement on Threads, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the construction of Hyperion, a new data center the company
Cloud Computing
Cloud infrastructure provider CoreWeave announced Monday its acquisition of Core Scientific, a data center infrastructure company, in a $9 billion all-stock transaction. This move marks one of the largest consolidation efforts in the AI infrastructure space, as demand for compute power continues to skyrocket. With this acquisition, CoreWeave gains access
Tech Insights
Amazon has unveiled a significant investment plan, committing approximately $233 million to bolster its operations in India. Announced on Thursday, the move aims to expand the company's logistics infrastructure, enhance technological capabilities for its delivery network, and further its commitment to employee safety and well-being. The investment forms
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Groq, a fast-rising startup in the artificial intelligence inference space, has announced two major moves that signal a direct challenge to the dominance of cloud behemoths Amazon Web Services, Google, and Microsoft. The company unveiled support for the massive Qwen3 32B language model — including its unprecedented 131,000-token context window
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
In a landmark move set to reshape Australia’s digital landscape, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon.com Inc., has unveiled a massive $13 billion (AU$20 billion) investment plan to bolster its data center operations across the country between 2025 and 2029. This marks the
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Spanish startup Multiverse Computing has raised a staggering €189 million (~$215 million) in a Series B round, driven by excitement around its breakthrough in artificial intelligence model compression — a technology it calls CompactifAI. CompactifAI is a quantum-computing inspired compression method that can shrink large language models (LLMs) by up to
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Vast Data, a fast-growing innovator in AI-optimized data storage, is seeking to raise a new funding round at a sharply higher valuation—targeting as much as $25 billion. This marks a significant leap from its $9 billion Series E valuation secured in December 2023. Though the deal is not yet
Cloud Computing
In a bold move that underscores the escalating arms race for data infrastructure among tech giants, Amazon announced Monday that it will invest $20 billion into two massive data center complexes in Pennsylvania. One of the centers will be built adjacent to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in the northeastern
Semiconductors
Qualcomm has announced its plan to acquire Alphawave Semi, a U.K.-based semiconductor company specializing in high-speed data center connectivity, for approximately $2.4 billion. The move signals Qualcomm's strategic push to deepen its presence in the data center and connected computing markets. In a statement, Qualcomm
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Amazon is making a significant move in the artificial intelligence arms race, announcing plans to invest $10 billion in new data centers in North Carolina. The investment is aimed at expanding the company's cloud and AI infrastructure, reflecting its deep commitment to staying at the forefront of generative
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is taking major steps to meet Europe’s strict data sovereignty and privacy demands with the launch of a dedicated sovereign cloud infrastructure within the European Union. As part of the initiative, AWS is forming a new parent company and three subsidiaries in Germany to oversee
Data Analytics
The consolidation wave in the data infrastructure space rolled on this week as Snowflake announced its acquisition of Crunchy Data, a long-standing PostgreSQL specialist. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, a source familiar with the matter estimated the acquisition to be worth around $250 million. This marks Snowflake’