Lambda Seeks Up to $4 Billion as Its IPO Plans Meet a Concentrated Backlog
A reported pre-IPO raise follows Lambda's backlog growth to $50 billion. A large Anthropic commitment makes customer concentration central to the financing story.
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Data Centers & Neoclouds
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Amazon Says It Has Ended Government NDAs as Data Centre Opposition Grows
AWS chief Matt Garman says Amazon no longer uses NDAs with government agencies on data-centre projects. Its broader environmental and community claims remain disputed.
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Oracle’s New Mexico Stargate Data Center Faces a Contractual Timeline Test
Oracle has issued a force majeure notice tied to Project Jupiter, while saying its New Mexico Stargate data center remains on schedule for 2028.
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Data Center Resistance Is Becoming Post-Partisan
An 18-month Pennsylvania study finds opposition driven by power bills, property values, industrial history and distrust rather than one political ideology.
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Trump’s Data Center Push Is Splitting His MAGA Coalition
Republican strategists and conservative organizers warn that unconditional support for AI infrastructure is becoming a local electoral liability.
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Lambda Adds $1 Billion in Debt to Expand Its AI Chip Fleet
AI cloud provider Lambda has reportedly secured $1 billion in private debt to buy Nvidia chips for contracted deployments as borrowing across AI accelerates.
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Ulanqab Emerges as China’s AI Data Centre Hub Despite Water Pressure
Chinese companies have pledged 12.5 gigawatts of data-centre capacity in Ulanqab, drawn by cold weather and cheap power but constrained by scarce water and coal dependence.
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Starcloud Adds $250 Million as Orbital Data Centres Face a Launch Squeeze
Starcloud's new funding supports larger AI satellites, but its orbital data-centre strategy depends on scarce launch capacity and an unproven Starship schedule.
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Groq’s $350M Pivot Turns a Chip Challenger Into a Nvidia-Powered Neocloud
Groq’s $350 million round funds a rapid neocloud expansion after the former Nvidia challenger abandoned a pure chip strategy, but capacity growth brings a tougher economics test.
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Nvidia’s $1.5B SB Energy Bet Links AI Compute to a Massive Gas Buildout
Nvidia’s $1.5 billion SB Energy investment connects chips, data centres and power generation, while the project’s vast credit and gas plans expose formidable execution risks.
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