6+ hour, 39+ min ago  (651+ words) Microsoft said Friday it will invest $10 billion in Japan over the next four years to build artificial intelligence data centers and related infrastructure. Power-hungry data centers -- warehouse-like facilities that power AI tools from chatbots to image generators -- are springing up…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (335+ words) Japan's antitrust watchdog has launched an investigation into Microsoft Corp on suspicion that it violated the anti-monopoly law by allegedly charging higher fees to businesses using its software on rival cloud services, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. The…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (306+ words) Google's corporate parent on Monday announced an agreement to buy data center energy specialist Intersect for $4.75 billion as part of its effort to secure the vast amounts of electricity needed to power artificial intelligence technology. Alphabet, which depends on Google's…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (463+ words) Microsoft on Tuesday announced its biggest-ever Asia investment, amounting to $17.5 billion, in India over the next four years to advance the country's cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure. CEO Satya Nadella revealed this in an X post after meeting with Indian…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (246+ words) ChatGPT maker OpenAI and an Australian data center operator have agreed to develop a multibillion-dollar AI center in Sydney. Brisbane-headquartered NextDC said it signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI to develop an artificial intelligence campus and a "supercluster" of…...

5+ mon, 17+ hour ago  (306+ words) Microsoft has entered into a $9.7 billion cloud services contract with artificial intelligence cloud service provider IREN that will give it access to some of Nvidia's chips. The five-year deal, which includes a 20% prepayment, will help Microsoft as it looks to…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (514+ words) Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Thursday it was expanding its use of Google cloud computing and specialized chips in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars. The arrangement will include Anthropic buying as many as one million Tensor Processing…...