Ai Infrastructure news and trends

Anthropic Escalates Cloud Spending With $45 Billion Nscale Agreement
Artificial Intelligence // August 26, 2026

Anthropic has agreed to pay $45 billion to rent cloud computing power from neocloud company Nscale’s West Virginia data center, which is set to start operating in late 2027, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Aug. 26), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Nscale Targets $3 Billion IPO as AI Data Center Demand Soars
IPO // August 21, 2026

Nscale, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, aims to raise as much as $3 billion in an initial public offering that could take place as soon as September, Bloomberg reported Friday (Aug. 21), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Grassroots Backlash Forces Big Tech to Rewrite Data Center Playbook
Artificial Intelligence // August 21, 2026

Grassroots resistance to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers is accomplishing what policymakers have largely failed to do: forcing technology companies, utilities and elected officials to confront who pays for AI’s enormous demands on electricity, water and public infrastructure. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Nvidia Weighs Investment in Round Valuing Mercor at $20 Billion
Investments // August 19, 2026

Nvidia has discussed participating in a funding round that would value Mercor, a data labeling provider that supplies data that helps the chip designer develop open-source models, at $20 billion, The Information reported Wednesday (Aug. 19), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Interviews & Exclusives
AI’s Data Center Boom Creates a New Antitrust Challenge

July 02, 2026
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Claude Users Hit a New Reality of AI Rationing

March 24, 2026
In building apps with Anthropic AI assistant Claude, users regularly receive a message that their daily limit has been reached and must wait for it to reset. Get the Full...

Alphabet Bets $185B on Gemini, Agentic Commerce and Enterprise AI

February 04, 2026
When Alphabet outlined plans on its fourth quarter earnings call Wednesday (Feb. 4) to invest between $175 billion and $185 billion in capital expenditures during 2026, the range seemed to...

Zuckerberg Shrugs Off Wall Street Fears and Pledges Up to $135B for AI

January 28, 2026
Just hours before its after-the-bell Q4 earnings call Wednesday (Jan. 28), it was common to see a headline calling for Meta to defend and maybe even trim its artificial intelligence...

Quick Reads
Anthropic Escalates Cloud Spending With $45 Billion Nscale Agreement

August 26, 2026
Anthropic has agreed to pay $45 billion to rent cloud computing power from neocloud company Nscale’s West Virginia data center, which is set to start operating in late 2027, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Aug. 26), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all […]

Nscale Targets $3 Billion IPO as AI Data Center Demand Soars

August 21, 2026
Nscale, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, aims to raise as much as $3 billion in an initial public offering that could take place as soon as September,...

Nvidia Weighs Investment in Round Valuing Mercor at $20 Billion

August 19, 2026
Nvidia has discussed participating in a funding round that would value Mercor, a data labeling provider that supplies data that helps the chip designer develop open-source models, at $20 billion, The Information reported...

CFTC Prepares to Draft Rules for Trading Compute Derivatives Contracts

August 19, 2026
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking comment on the listing of compute derivatives contracts as it prepares to establish the “gold standard” for trading this commodity that powers...