SoftBank breaks ground on data center campus in Hokkaido, Japan
Campus could total 1GW in future, company claims
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OpenAI raises $40bn, valued at $300bn
Stargate backer SoftBank leads investment, but there are strings attached
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Construction begins on E2A subsea cable connecting US to Asia
Will have landing points across Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and California when complete in 2028
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SoftBank to acquire data center Arm chip company Ampere Computing for $6.5bn
Oracle will sell its position
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SoftBank deploys AI-RAN solution for Edge applications at Nvidia's Santa Clara HQ
A robot that utilizes LLMs has been trialed
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SoftBank buys former Sharp factory for $676m to build AI data center in Osaka, Japan
Unclear whether the site is part of plans to commercialize OpenAI models in Japan
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OpenAI looking to shift compute needs from Microsoft to SoftBank by 2030, expects to operate 8GW – report
Will move three-quarters of its compute by end of decade
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DCD Podcast - Understanding SoftBank & Stargate's Masayoshi Son, with Lionel Barber
The Napoleon of tech marches toward the data center sector
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Arm to release its own data center CPU, secures Meta as first customer
The chip is expected to be available before the end of the year
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Xanadu Quantum Technologies builds world’s first universal photonic quantum computer
Company says machine could be scaled up to realize “the ultimate goal of a quantum data center”
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SoftBank invests $50m in crypto firm Cipher Mining
Japanese firm has first refusal to buy 300MW data center site in Texas from company
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OpenAI seeks $40bn in funding at $340bn valuation, including from Stargate-backer SoftBank
The funds may then be used for Stargate
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Oracle hiring for Abilene, Texas, Stargate data center roles
Join the first Oracle-OpenAI mega data center
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OpenAI and SoftBank to both invest $19bn in Stargate - report
$7bn to come from Oracle and MGX combined. Just $455bn remaining
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Sam Altman hits back at Elon Musk's claims Stargate has no money
Senior White House official publicly undermines President Trump's $500bn announcement
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OpenAI announces 'The Stargate Project:' $500bn over four years on AI infrastructure
A new company building huge data centers
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Trump to announce $100bn+ Stargate AI data center investment from OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle
Stargate mega data center returns
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Arm and SoftBank considering Ampere takeover – report
SoftBank first expressed interest in the chipmaker back in 2021
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SoftBank pledges $100bn investment in US during Trump’s presidency
Company previously pledged $50bn investment in the country during Trump’s first term
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SoftBank Vision Fund invests in Chinese data center firm GDS' international business
GDS upsizes $1 billion share issuance by another $200 million
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Japanese cloud companies to build Nvidia AI infrastructure
Efforts supported by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
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Nvidia and SoftBank announce partnership; will launch AI supercomputer and 5G AI-RAN network in Japan
Projects aim to accelerate Japan’s AI capabilities
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SoftBank installs 4,000 Nvidia H100s for Japanese AI computing platform
AI platform now has 6,000 GPUs installed
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Amazon acquires leasehold on New Zealand land for Kuiper satellite venture
Company granted 20 year lease on 500 sqm of land
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SoftBank courts TSMC for AI chip project after talks with Intel fell apart - report
Japanese conglomerate wants to enter the AI chip space
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SoftBank acquires British AI chip designer Graphcore
Value of the deal undisclosed
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BBIX appoints Hideyuki Sasaki as president and CEO
Outgoing CEO becomes chairman
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Japan's SoftBank plans 150MW, 8 million sq ft data center at LCD panel manufacturing site in Osaka
Telco joins KDDI in planning data center on soon-to-close Sharp factory site