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Crusoe raises $3.9 billion at $30.9 billion valuation
AI infrastructure provider Crusoe announced a $3.9 billion Series F round at a $30.9 billion post-money valuation, led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital, and Valor Equity Partners, to expand its AI data center capacity.wtvbam.comPolicy
House passes bill to shift AI data center grid costs to operators
The House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act 417–3, requiring data centers over 100 MW to cover full grid upgrade costs and preventing these expenses from being passed to residential consumers.gadgetreview.comPolicy
New York recommends $1 million per megawatt for AI data centers
New York State's Community Investment Framework advises municipalities to demand $1 million per megawatt in community investment from data center developers, including those housing AI infrastructure.tomshardware.comIndustry
Apple reportedly evaluating Nvidia NVLink for M8 Ultra AI servers
Tom's Hardware reports that Apple is considering Nvidia's NVLink Fusion technology for interconnects in its upcoming M8 Ultra-based AI servers, a potential partnership between the two companies that remains unconfirmed.tomshardware.comIndustry
Huawei accelerates AI chip roadmap, bringing next-gen Ascend launch forward
Huawei announced it will launch its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI training chip in Q1 2027, nine months ahead of schedule, as part of a broader push to expand its domestic AI hardware ecosystem.scmp.comIndustry
Anthropic signs first Australian data centre lease amid copyright debate
Anthropic has secured its first long-term lease in Australia with Zerra DC to run its Claude model, a move that intensifies the national debate over copyright laws and AI training infrastructure.smartcompany.com.auInnovation
New report estimates AI data center e-waste could reach 617 million tons by 2050
Basel Action Network warns that AI infrastructure will generate massive e-waste, a figure significantly higher than previous estimates that focused only on servers and GPUs.theverge.comInnovation
NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 posts leading MLPerf Inference v6.1 results
NVIDIA released preview results showing Vera Rubin NVL72 achieves up to 3.7x higher throughput than GB300 NVL72 on Qwen3-VL and 2.5x on DeepSeek-R1 in the MLPerf Inference v6.1 suite.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sides with Nvidia's Huang on AI safety and slowdown debate
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sides with Nvidia's Huang on AI safety and slowdown debate Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his view of artificial intelligence safety on Tuesday, taking a stance that's more akin to the perspective of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang rather than Anthropic chief Dario Amodei. Zuckerberg believes AI…cnbc.com
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