Nvidia is reportedly planning a $20 billion bond sale to fund AI investments and refinance debt. This move highlights strong investor appetite for AI infrastructure and benefits Bitcoin miners diversifying into AI hosting.
Chipmaker Nvidia is reportedly planning a $20 billion bond offering to fund AI investments and refinance debt. This move highlights strong investor appetite for AI infrastructure and benefits Bitcoin miners diversifying into AI hosting.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has made a significant investment in Elon Musk's SpaceX, reportedly at least $1.4bn, as the company began trading on sharemarkets. Rinehart expressed confidence in Musk and excitement about SpaceX's AI prospects, with potential for collaboration on AI infrastructure and critical mineral supply.
India is creating a strategy for domestic AI infrastructure to boost AI adoption in governance and talent development. NITI Aayog is identifying ecosystem gaps and recommending measures to strengthen India's independent AI capabilities, potentially expanding the India AI Mission.
SK Telecom and Nvidia partner to build a gigawatt-scale AI cloud and AI factory in South Korea by 2027, leveraging Nvidia's DSX platform for end-to-end AI operations.
تتوقع أوراكل جمع 40 مليار دولار بحلول 2027 لتمويل بنيتها التحتية للذكاء الاصطناعي، مما أثار مخاوف المستثمرين بشأن الديون، رغم تجاوز إيراداتها التوقعات. كما تتقدم شراكتها مع OpenAI في مشروع "ستارغيت".
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's presence at GTC Taipei and COMPUTEX highlighted Taiwan's pivotal role in the AI supply chain, moving beyond chip manufacturing to AI infrastructure and physical AI ecosystems. The article urges Taiwan to become a co-designer rather than just a component supplier to seize future AI opportunities.
Amazon has secured a $17.5 billion loan from banks including Citibank to fund its AI infrastructure expansion, signaling a shift from cash flow to debt financing amid intense competition for AI capital among big tech firms.
Bitcoin miners are experiencing record-low profitability, with daily returns for hashing power dropping to $0.28. This crunch, coupled with surging demand for AI infrastructure, is incentivizing miners to reduce BTC holdings and potentially shift resources. Institutional inflows now significantly outpace miner output, making macro trends more influential on Bitcoin's price than miner economics alone.
Seattle has enacted a one-year ban on new data center construction, citing environmental concerns and rising electricity costs. The moratorium aims to allow for regulation development and assess data centers' use of urban land.
Apple announces free AI infrastructure for developers with <2M first-time App Store downloads, expanding Foundation Models with image input and server model support.
Google will pay SpaceX $920 million/month until June 2029 for 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs and components to support its Gemini Enterprise AI platform, in a deal worth almost $30 billion.
AI infrastructure startup Supabase raised $500 million at a $10.5 billion valuation, doubling its worth since October. The company benefits from AI-assisted coding tools like Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex, which are now major contributors to its platform.
MicroStrategy's Bitcoin holdings have fallen into significant paper losses, totaling $11.2 billion, renewing scrutiny of Michael Saylor's treasury model. The company's preferred stock also declined, complicating future funding for Bitcoin acquisitions.
Monterey Park, California, has banned data centers through a local referendum, with 86% voting in favor. Residents cite concerns over environmental impact and resource strain from AI infrastructure, mirroring similar resistance seen in Germany.
Taiwan's Foxconn and US chip giant Intel are partnering to co-develop and build next-generation AI infrastructure and intelligent computing platforms, targeting the growing demand for AI computing power.
Amazon engineers urged Seattle City Council to support a one-year moratorium on new AI data centers, citing massive company investments in AI infrastructure alongside significant layoffs. The council approved the moratorium to allow for regulation of these developments.
GitLab has laid off approximately 14% of its workforce (around 350 employees) as part of a restructuring to focus on AI workloads. CEO Bill Staples cited agentic workloads stressing infrastructure and announced a "generational rebuild" of its platform, partnering with an AI lab to optimize for AI-driven growth.
Google plans an $80 billion sale to fund AI infrastructure, potentially the largest equity capital markets transaction ever. The deal includes a $40 billion at-the-market offering and a $10 billion private placement with Berkshire Hathaway.
Kioxia HD plans to invest heavily in R&D and capital expenditures to meet the growing demand for AI inference, focusing on data center and enterprise markets. President Ota expressed confidence in competing with Chinese manufacturers.
Cisco positions AI as an infrastructure challenge at Cisco Live 2026, emphasizing the integration of networks, security, and AI agents for operational resilience. The company launched Cisco Cloud Control, a unified platform for managing and securing IT infrastructure, designed for human and AI agent collaboration.
Alphabet is seeking $80 billion in stock sales to invest in AI compute infrastructure and meet customer demand. Berkshire Hathaway is buying $10 billion of the stock. This move follows significant capital spending by other AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI.
佳世達董事長陳其宏表示，集團AI基礎設施佈局已全面到位，涵蓋AI伺服器、1.6T交換器、高速網通設備、散熱系統及資料中心解決方案，部分產品已獲訂單，預計今年起陸續出貨，正式進入成長起飛階段。
Google's parent company, Alphabet, plans to raise up to $80 billion in equity, including a $10 billion sale to Berkshire Hathaway, to fund its AI infrastructure. This move highlights the increasing capital demands of the AI boom and raises questions about future investor returns.
