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SoftBank Plans €75B AI Data Center Buildout in France

SoftBank plans to build 5 GW of AI data center capacity in France, but the first phase will not arrive until 2031.

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AI Data Centers Now Account for 17% of Australia’s Private Investment

Australia’s AI data center boom drove private investment sharply higher, even as weaker household spending exposed a widening economic split.

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Kevin O’Leary’s ‘Wonder Valley’ Data Center Advances as Job Estimates Shift

Kevin O’Leary’s Wonder Valley data center project faces scrutiny as job estimates shift and Utah residents raise environmental concerns.

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Elon Musk’s Texas Chip Plant Could Cost $119B, Filings Show

New Texas filings suggest Elon Musk’s proposed Terafab chip plant could cost up to $119 billion, raising stakes for AI and semiconductor supply chains.

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Anthropic, SpaceX Deal Boosts Claude Compute and Points to Space-Based AI

Anthropic will use SpaceX’s Colossus 1 supercomputer to expand Claude capacity, while exploring future orbital AI compute infrastructure.

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China Startup Secures $8.4B in Credit Lines for Orbital Data Center Push

China’s Orbital Chenguang secured major credit lines for space-based data centers as AI demand strains power, land, and cooling capacity.

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Microsoft Offers First-Ever Retirement Buyouts to Thousands of Employees

Microsoft is offering first-ever retirement buyouts to some US employees as AI-driven data center spending grows and tech layoffs continue.

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TikTok Invests $1.16 Billion in New Finland Facility to Localize European Data

TikTok is building a second data center in Finland as part of its Project Clover push to keep European user data stored within Europe.

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AI Demand Is Forcing a Rethink of Data Center Power, Cooling

At Data Center World, experts explain how generative and agentic AI are reshaping data center power, cooling, and infrastructure demands.

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US Moves Toward Mandatory Data Center Energy Reporting as EIA Pilot Expands

The EIA’s pilot survey offers the clearest look yet at how the US government plans to measure data center power use as AI strains the grid.

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