Feds will require data centers to show their power bills
In a first, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said it will require data centers to disclose details of their energy use.
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AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report
Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.
IBM pays $17M fine to end DOJ suit over DEI programs
IBM entered into a $17 million settlement agreement on Friday with the U.S. DOJ over allegations that it engaged in “illegal DEI practices.”
Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent
The new features would be geared toward enterprise customers, with better security controls than the famously risky open source OpenClaw agent.
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Google and Intel deepen AI infrastructure partnership
The two tech giants are looking to co-develop custom chips, at a time when demand for CPUs is high due to a growing global shortage.
Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter
Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letter reads something like a diss track to a wide range of competitors as he defends spending $200 billion in capex.
AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict
AWS has an ingrained culture of handling coopetition, he explained, because the cloud giant also competes with its partners.
Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’
Matei Zaharia has won the top honor from the Association for Computing Machinery. Now he’s working on AI for research and says AGI is simply misunderstood.
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