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Cipher Mining Raises $2B for HPC Data Center as Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI Infrastructure

A subsidiary of Bitcoin mining companyCipher Mining,Black Pearl, will carry out aprivate placement of $2 billion in senior notes maturing in2031.
Elon Musk Merges SpaceX and xAI in $1.25T Bet on Space-Based AI Computing

Elon Musk is merging his space and AI companies into a giant valued at $1.25 trillion. The official rationale: only space can provide the scale artificial intelligence ultimately requires. The economic motivations, however, appear to be just as
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India Offers Zero Tax Until 2047 to Attract Global AI Cloud Providers

India has offered foreign cloud service providers zero taxes until 2047 on services sold outside the country, provided that all workloads are executed from Indian
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NVIDIA to Invest Heavily in OpenAI’s New Funding Round

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said the company will take part in OpenAI’s new funding round and plans to invest a “significant amount,” Bloomberg reports. The comments came after a The Wall Street Journal article claimed that the two companies were reassessing an earlier $100 billion deal that never
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Texas Bitcoin Mining Hubs Are Rapidly Turning Into AI Infrastructure Assets

Mining company Riot Platforms has acquired an approximately 81-hectare (200-acre) land plot near its flagship data center in Rockdale, Texas, for $96 million.
Bitdeer Overtakes MARA in Hashrate as It Pivots Toward AI Infrastructure

Bitdeer has overtaken MARA in total computing power. As of the end of December 2025, the company’s total hashrate under management reached 71 EH/s.
Zuckerberg Launches Meta Compute to Turn Energy and Infrastructure Into a Core AI Advantage

Mark Zuckerberg has announced the launch of Meta Compute, a new initiative aimed at strengthening the company’s AI infrastructure.
xAI to Invest $20B in Mississippi Data Center Expansion

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI plans to invest more than $20 billion in expanding a data center in Mississippi, marking the largest private investment in the state’s history, according to Governor Tate Reeves.
AI Memory Chip Shortage to Push Smartphone and PC Prices Higher in 2026

The shortage of memory chips for consumer electronics has been described as the most severe in at least two decades. Prices for smartphones and personal computers are expected to continue rising in 2026 due to a memory chip crunch driven by the artificial intelligence boom, according to key
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Texas Faces Backlash Over Massive AI Data Center Project

A major conflict is unfolding in Texas around the construction of what could become one of the world’s largest AI-focused data centers, known as Project Matador. Spanning roughly 2,428 hectares, the project is being promoted by its
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Meta Bets on Nuclear Power to Fuel AI and Data Center Growth

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has signed agreements with three energy firms to extend the life of existing nuclear power plants and support the development of new reactor technologies.