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MediaTek launches the first phase of its Taiwanese R&D data center, powered by Nvidia’s B200 platform and built on Nvidia’s DGX SuperPOD infrastructure (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Nick, Dick and Paul Show: The OpenAI trial Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo and Paul Kedrosky lift the…

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Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI offers firmware and infrastructure management for cloud and AI (Mike Rogoway/Oregonian)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 4, 2026

Mike Rogoway / Oregonian: Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI offers…

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Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for about $600 million, expected to close in the second quarter (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 29, 2026

Reuters: Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for approximately…

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How Circle, Stripe, Coinbase and others are building a stablecoin-based agentic payments infrastructure that makes microtransactions between AI agents economical (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 8, 2026

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Zetrix, a publicly traded Malaysian digital infrastructure provider, has raised around $40 million from the World Bank’s IFC and plans to list its AI unit on Nasdaq by the end of 2026 (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Zetrix, a publicly traded Malaysian digital infrastructure provider, has raised around $40 million from the World…

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OpenAI tells investors it’s targeting about $600 billion in total computing spending by 2030, months after Sam Altman touted $1.4 billion in infrastructure commitments (CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI’s $100B Funding Round, OpenClaw Acquisition, AI Productivity Question — With Aaron Levie The Big…

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Anthropic says it will modernize power grid infrastructure, generate new energy and cover consumer price increases to minimize effects on its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

Jared Perlo / NBC News: Anthropic says it will modernize power grid infrastructure, generate new energy and cover consumer price…

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Blackstone and Coatue provide $10 billion loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, one of Australia’s largest private credit deals (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 9, 2026

Bloomberg: Blackstone and Coatue provide $10 billion loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, one of…

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Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, raised a $45 million extension from Robinhood and others for its $105 million Series B, at a valuation of $1.5 billion (Will Canny/CoinDesk)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 29, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Gokul Rajaram – Lessons learned from investing in 700 companies The leading destination for…

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OpenAI and SoftBank announce they will each invest $500 million in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company’s growth as a data center developer and operator (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 9, 2026

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PC motherboard sales expected to fall more than 25% year-over-year in 2026 as PC users delay upgrades due to AI-driven surges in memory, storage and CPU prices (Jowi Morales/Tom’s Hardware)

A profile of Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao, who tends to take a conservative approach to revenue projections and has chosen to raise less money than is available (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

Anthropic explains how it improved Claude’s security training after discovering agent misalignment in older models, such as Opus 4, blackmailing engineers (Anthropic)

Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera has raised more than $200 million led by SF Group, after raising around $146 million in March at a valuation of around $1.47 billion (Du Zhihang/Caixin Global)

The FCC says foreign-made routers and drones can now receive software updates through at least 2029, extending the earlier deadline of 2027 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

Browsing: infrastructure

MediaTek launches the first phase of its Taiwanese R&D data center, powered by Nvidia’s B200 platform and built on Nvidia’s DGX SuperPOD infrastructure (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI offers firmware and infrastructure management for cloud and AI (Mike Rogoway/Oregonian)

Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments and enterprise networks, for about $600 million, expected to close in the second quarter (Reuters)

How Circle, Stripe, Coinbase and others are building a stablecoin-based agentic payments infrastructure that makes microtransactions between AI agents economical (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)

Zetrix, a publicly traded Malaysian digital infrastructure provider, has raised around $40 million from the World Bank’s IFC and plans to list its AI unit on Nasdaq by the end of 2026 (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

OpenAI tells investors it’s targeting about $600 billion in total computing spending by 2030, months after Sam Altman touted $1.4 billion in infrastructure commitments (CNBC)

Anthropic says it will modernize power grid infrastructure, generate new energy and cover consumer price increases to minimize effects on its data centers (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

Blackstone and Coatue provide $10 billion loan to Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus for data center expansion, one of Australia’s largest private credit deals (Bloomberg)

Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, raised a $45 million extension from Robinhood and others for its $105 million Series B, at a valuation of $1.5 billion (Will Canny/CoinDesk)

OpenAI and SoftBank announce they will each invest $500 million in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company’s growth as a data center developer and operator (Bloomberg)