Anthropic’s $50B Bet on AI Infrastructure
Anthropic is pouring $50 billion into new data centers to power its Claude AI assistant. The massive infrastructure investment comes as cloud providers scramble to meet exploding AI compute demands.
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7 Networking Startups You Need to Know in 2025
The shift to hybrid work and multi-cloud environments is fueling massive growth in enterprise networking. CRN has identified seven startups founded since 2019 that solution providers should be watching closely as the market heads toward $193.8 billion by 2030.
AI Agents Are Slashing VMware Migration Times
Following recent VMware licensing changes, organizations are facing greater uncertainty while cloud adoption accelerates. New AI agents are dramatically reducing migration timelines from months to weeks, fundamentally changing the calculus for IT teams.
NTT Eyes Saudi Data Centers to Catch Middle East AI Boom
NTT Data is exploring data center development in Saudi Arabia to address the region’s AI infrastructure needs. The company aims to invest over $10 billion in global data center expansion through 2027.
Nebius scores $3bn Meta deal, says it’s completely sold out
Nebius has signed a $3 billion AI infrastructure deal with Meta and reports being completely sold out of available capacity. The company’s revenue surged 355% year-over-year as demand for AI computing explodes.
CoreWeave’s $55.6bn backlog shows AI cloud gold rush is real
AI cloud provider CoreWeave reported its revenue backlog doubled to $55.6 billion in Q3, with $25 billion added in just three months. The company signed massive deals with Meta ($14.2bn) and OpenAI ($6.5bn) while diversifying its customer base away from single-client dependency. Despite the explosiv
Google Hires Top Energy Researcher to Solve AI Power Crisis
Google just hired Tyler Norris, a leading energy researcher who recently published influential work on data center power flexibility. The move comes as AI-driven electricity demand threatens to overwhelm power grids. Norris will focus on market innovations to balance AI growth with clean energy goal
Equinix Drops $22 Million on New Lagos Data Center
Equinix is investing $22 million in a new Lagos data center set to open in early 2026. The LG3 facility represents the first phase of a $100 million African expansion plan. This continues the company’s push into West Africa following its 2021 MainOne acquisition.
SDC Drops $615M on Virginia Data Center Land
SDC Capital Partners has acquired 97 acres of data center-zoned land in Leesburg, Virginia for $615 million. The deal represents one of the largest land acquisitions in the region’s booming data center market. The site could eventually host up to 1.6 million square feet of data center space.
OpenAI’s $1.4 Trillion Bet Could Crash AI Stocks
OpenAI has committed to $1.4 trillion in computing infrastructure spending through agreements with Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle. The company currently generates just $13 billion in annual revenue, creating a massive funding gap. This concentration risk could trigger a market crash if OpenAI can’t s