AI Infrastructure

Big Tech Is Offering Data Center Towns Billions and Fewer Secrets

Amazon, Microsoft and Google say they no longer make local officials sign data center secrecy deals, and Amazon, Meta and Google are pledging about $1 billion apiece for host towns. Critics call it propa

Meta Has Signed Up for $825 Billion in AI Leases and Contracts, and the Tab Keeps Growing

Meta's new 10-Q reveals about $825 billion in leases and non-cancelable contracts for data centers, cloud capacity and energy, with $121.41 billion due in 2027 alone. The commitments grew sharply in just

Why an AI Industry Taskforce Says Britain Has One Year to Stop a Data Centre Backlash

An industry taskforce including Nvidia, Microsoft and Cisco has warned UK ministers they have roughly 12 months to win public consent for AI data centres, and wants host councils paid to say yes.

Why ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent Want 3 Million Nvidia Cards They May Never Receive

China's three biggest tech platforms have reportedly ordered more than $35 billion worth of Nvidia's export-compliant RTX PRO 5500 cards, according to Reuters sources. Nvidia says it may only fill a sliv

Why Trump Wants AI Data Centers to Pay Their Neighbors Before the Midterms

Trump told AI data center builders to pay host communities a dividend and make their own power, but the best known cash offer, $10,000 per household in Pennsylvania, has already been turned down.

Nvidia Faces Another Challenger as Tenstorrent Raises 1.5 Billion Dollars at a 6.2 Billion Valuation

Jim Keller's AI chip company Tenstorrent has closed a $1.5 billion Series E at a $6.2 billion post-money valuation, led by Trace Capital and Innovation X, to scale production of its Galaxy servers. It re

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