SoftBank's Son Plans $50 Billion AI Investment in Malaysia, PM Says
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son plans to invest $50 billion in AI, technology and data centres in Malaysia.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son plans to invest $50 billion in AI, technology and data centres in Malaysia.
Venture Global signed frame agreements with GE Vernova and Baker Hughes for up to 16 power island units, aiming for up to 10 GW of data center capacity by 2034.
Google cleared an estimated 250,000 trees near Muhos before completing environmental assessments. Finnish authorities halted work at two sites earlier this month.
Mississippi regulators are seeking penalties from MZX Tech over construction activity at three data center sites before the company obtained stormwater permit coverage.
Sen. Ron Wyden released two bills that would tax data center operators and expand income, training and unemployment support for workers displaced by AI.
Amazon says most AWS cloud computing capacity is sold through 2027, with significant customer commitments extending into 2028 as demand for AI infrastructure grows.
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World Wide Technology will serve as systems integrator for a new Polarise AI data center in Oslo with 5 MW of compute capacity.
SK Hyper is discussing funding with technology companies and financial investors for the first 5 gigawatts of a planned 15 gigawatts of data center capacity in South Korea.
Kazakhtelecom plans to deploy more than 2,000 additional GPUs across Kazakhstan in 2027, including more than 1,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs.
NVIDIA introduced Confidential Bare Metal, a deployment option that lets model builders run sensitive workloads on dedicated third party infrastructure while retaining control of models and data.
NVIDIA launched Minerva, an AIOps platform that analyzes infrastructure and workload telemetry to detect problems in AI factories.
NEXTDC cut its 2027 forecasts and paused new projects after a power delay at its M3 data centre deferred about A$140 million in contracted revenue.
Google Cloud now offers a Claude deployment managed by Anthropic alongside its existing Google managed option. Both provide the same models, pricing and Google Cloud billing.
Besi recorded third quarter orders of €342.6 million, exceeding analyst expectations as demand from AI data centers remained strong.
HUMAIN and NVIDIA will deploy up to 84 megawatts of AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, spanning about 27,000 GPUs across Blackwell Ultra and Vera Rubin systems.
Google is working with Voltus to reduce electricity use across homes and businesses when demand is high, freeing capacity for data centers on the PJM grid.
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