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Anthropic Seen Landing High Junk Rating After IPO, Blackstone Forecast Says
Blackstone, the anchor investor in a $63 billion financing deal for Anthropic's chips, now expects the AI lab to carry a high speculative-grade credit rating after it lists. That would make borrowing costlier as the Claude maker funds heavy compute spending.
Anthropic Flags Cloud Capacity Crunch Ahead of November IPO
Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure enough cloud capacity from AWS, Google and Microsoft as those providers increasingly treat the Claude developer as a competitor. The tension surfaces in a leaked S-1 filing that also details ballooning infrastructure commitments ahead of a planned November listing.
Petra Power Pitches Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Data Centers and Defense Vehicles
Petra Power, founded in 2017, sells solid oxide fuel cells that convert fuels such as natural gas into electricity without combustion, targeting data centers and large vehicles as AI power demand climbs.
AWS says it has stopped using NDAs with government agencies as data center backlash widens
Amazon Web Services chief executive Matt Garman said the cloud unit no longer asks government agencies to sign nondisclosure agreements as it seeks approval for new data centers, addressing a central complaint in a growing local backlash.
Morphotonics raises €40M to scale nanoimprint optics beyond AR glasses
Dutch deep tech company Morphotonics has raised €40 million to scale production of its nanoimprint lithography technology and move into optical components for data centers.
Alibaba Unveils "China's Most Powerful" AI Chip and Teases 10-Trillion-Parameter Model
Alibaba introduced a new AI chip it calls China's most powerful and previewed an AI model with 10 trillion parameters at its annual Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, alongside plans to expand Alibaba Cloud data-center capacity to 20 gigawatts by 2032.
Nvidia's Huang Points to 70% Growth Next Year, Rejects Talk of 'Circular' Deals
Nvidia founder and chief executive Jensen Huang says the chipmaker's record revenue streak will stretch through the end of next year, projecting growth of about 70% while pushing back on claims that its business deals are circular.
Pro-AI Group Backed by Tech Investors Plans Data Center Ad Blitz in Midterm States
Source signal: A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plans data center ads to sway midterms
Anthropic CEO calls AI backlash a 'crisis of trust'
Dario Amodei rejected claims that his warnings about AI risks have fueled public backlash, arguing the real issue is a crisis of trust.
Startup plans laser network to beam data between data centers
Endeavour Optical Networks has emerged from stealth with seed funding to build a space-based laser communications system it says will be the fastest yet, offering an alternative to undersea fiber cables.