French oil giant TotalEnergies has locked in a major 15-year renewable power agreement with Google. The deal will supply 1.5 terawatt hours of solar electricity from Ohio to power Google’s data center operations. It’s part of TotalEnergies’ broader shift toward electricity investments.
Microsoft is pouring $10 billion into a new AI data hub in Sines, Portugal, deploying over 12,600 next-gen NVIDIA GPUs. The project partners with Start Campus and aims to make Portugal a European AI benchmark. This comes as Microsoft asserts it can pursue AGI independently from OpenAI.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly confirmed the company’s explosive growth trajectory. The AI giant expects to hit $20 billion in annualized revenue this year and has secured about $1.4 trillion in data center commitments over the next eight years.
Google has announced Project Suncatcher, a plan to launch AI chips into space on solar-powered satellites. The company hopes to harness unlimited solar energy for its energy-hungry AI operations. This “moonshot” project would create the first space-based data centers.
Microsoft has committed more than $60 billion to neocloud data center companies in a massive AI infrastructure push. The largest chunk, $23 billion, goes to British startup Nscale for access to 200,000 Nvidia GB300 chips across multiple countries.
Microsoft’s long-awaited Azure HBv5 virtual machines are now generally available, featuring custom AMD EPYC 9V64H processors with HBM3 memory. These VMs deliver up to 6.9TB/s memory bandwidth and target memory-intensive HPC workloads, marking a significant upgrade over previous generations.
Microsoft’s $9.7 billion deal with IREN for NVIDIA GB300 access represents more than just another AI investment. It signals a fundamental rethinking of how tech giants will scale AI infrastructure in an era of power constraints and supply chain limitations.
OpenAI’s $38 billion AWS partnership secures critical Nvidia GPU access but reveals a fundamental shift from infrastructure ownership to cloud dependency. This strategic pivot carries both immense computational advantages and significant long-term risks.
Microsoft is pouring $15.2 billion into UAE AI infrastructure, including rare Nvidia GPU shipments. This represents a strategic pivot in the global AI race with profound implications for tech geopolitics and market dominance.
Vultr’s targeted public sector cloud offering represents a significant challenge to hyperscaler dominance in government contracts. The move could accelerate AI adoption across defense, healthcare, and education while forcing price competition.
