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Google Just Committed $15 Billion to Malaysia — 7.5 Times Its 2024 Pledge
Google will invest $15 billion in Malaysia in 2027 and 2028 on data centers, clean energy and water, 7.5 times its 2024 pledge.
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Data Centers
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AI
Claude's Newest Home Is a C$10 Billion Wind Bet on the Nova Scotia Coast
Anthropic signed a 20-year lease on the first phase of EverWind's C$10B Nova Scotia AI data centre — a 95MW, wind-tied bet on Cape Breton to run Claude.
Energy
Batteries Just Undercut Gas Turbines in All 43 Markets Wood Mackenzie Checked
Wood Mackenzie: four-hour batteries now cost less than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 markets modelled, just as AI data centers drain turbine supply.
AI Infrastructure
Crusoe Tripled to $30.9 Billion in Ten Months by Selling Electrons, Not Just GPUs
Crusoe closed a $3.9B Series F at a $30.9B valuation — roughly triple its worth ten months ago — by owning the whole chain from power plant to GPU. The scarce input in AI stopped being chips and became electricity.
AI
Crusoe Tripled to $30 Billion in Under a Year. A Trading Firm Just Handed It a $13 Billion Bill.
Crusoe raised ~$3B at a $30B valuation, roughly tripling in 11 months, then signed a $13B AI cloud deal with trading firm Jane Street.
AI
Emerald AI Hit a $1.05 Billion Valuation by Teaching Data Centers to Ease Off the Grid
Emerald AI raised $150M at a $1.05B valuation to make AI data centers throttle their own power when the grid is stressed — and says the trick could free 100+ GW on the existing U.S. grid.