SoftBank and its group company will set up a new venture this month, aiming to supply data center capacity at a scale of 10 gigawatts by around 2030.
The company announced plans to rent AI compute in the United States at a 10-gigawatt scale.
The mobile carrier operator and group company will set up the new venture this month.
The aim is to supply data center capacity at a scale of 10 gigawatts by around 2030.
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Japanese conglomerate Softbank announced an investment of up to 75 billion euros in artificial intelligence-related data centers in France. The announcement came on the eve of the Choose France summit held in Versailles.
SoftBank Corp. announced plans to partner with South Korean firms to produce large-scale batteries for AI data centers, with mass production targeted for the fiscal year starting next April.
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TeraWulf announced the purchase of a Kentucky development site to support more than 1 gigawatt of AI and high-performance computing capacity. The bitcoin miner turned infrastructure developer saw its stock rise 13 percent following the news.
Permits for 11 natural gas-powered data centers across the United States project annual greenhouse gas emissions exceeding 129 million tons—more than Morocco released in 2024. Linked to AI companies OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI, these facilities underscore the fossil fuel reliance in the data center boom fueling AI expansion, according to a WIRED review of air permit documents.
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Hanwha Group announced plans to invest 55 trillion won in the aerospace and artificial intelligence sectors by 2040. The investment targets development of launch vehicles, satellites and AI data centers.