Amazon drops NDAs in data center talks with local governments
Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data centers with local governments, following Microsoft's similar move earlier this year.
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246 storiesPetra Power sells fuel cells for data centers
Petra Power sells solid oxide fuel cells that it says cut fuel costs and emissions for data centers and defense vehicles, with deployments targeted for 2028.
Cloudflare acquires Deno to overhaul its Workers platform
Cloudflare has acquired Deno, the startup behind the programming runtime of the same name, to improve its Workers programming model.
Batteries beat gas turbines on cost at data centers, report says
Four-hour battery storage is now cheaper than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 markets surveyed by Wood Mackenzie, including every continent.
Lambda seeks up to $4B ahead of planned 2027 IPO
Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation in what could be its last private round before a planned 2027 IPO.
Amazon says it no longer uses NDAs amid data center backlash
AWS CEO Matt Garman said Amazon has stopped using NDAs with government agencies as it pushes back against a wave of data center permit moratoriums.
Google tests its first AI chip in space aboard a SpaceX launch
Google launched a prototype satellite carrying one of its AI chips into orbit for the first time, testing whether TPUs can function in space for its long-term orbital-compute plan.
Fervo brings first enhanced geothermal power plant online
Fervo Energy began selling electricity from its Cape Station geothermal plant, reaching commercial operation in just 23 months and becoming the first enhanced geothermal project to do so.
Satlyt raises $8M to run AI workloads on satellites
Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX engineer, has raised an $8 million seed round to build software that runs AI workloads on satellites.
Modal Labs nears $750M round at $15.75B valuation
Modal Labs is closing in on a $750 million funding round led by Accel, according to a source, that would value the AI inference startup at $15.75 billion.
Crusoe scraps $1.25 billion deal for Boom's turbines
AI data center builder Crusoe has ended a $1.25 billion agreement to buy 29 natural-gas turbines from Boom Supersonic's power business, according to Boom's CEO.
Anthropic commits $11.6B to Akamai in largest cloud deal in its history
Anthropic will spend $11.6 billion over seven years on Akamai's cloud infrastructure, an agreement that could grow to about $20 billion.
Nscale raises $3.36B in convertible financing ahead of planned US IPO
British AI neocloud Nscale secured $3.36 billion in convertible-note financing, including $1 billion from Nvidia, ahead of a US IPO expected to value it at $35 billion.
Oracle sends force majeure notice on New Mexico Stargate site
Oracle sent a force majeure notice on its Project Jupiter Stargate data center in New Mexico, which would let it delay payments if the site misses its 2028 target.
Amazon admits it doesn't yet know how it'll hit net-zero by 2040
Amazon's chief sustainability officer said the company still doesn't have a full plan to hit its 2040 net-zero carbon goal.
Data & Society report traces roots of data center backlash
A new Data & Society report based on 18 months of Pennsylvania fieldwork finds trust, not economics, drives opposition to data center construction.
Samsung C&T backs Kairos Power's nuclear reactor for Google
Kairos Power picked Samsung C&T for up to $100 million in equity and engineering help to build a 50-megawatt nuclear reactor for Google by 2030.
Mazama Energy raises $135M for super-hot-rock geothermal
Mazama Energy raised $135 million in an oversubscribed Series B to drill deeper wells that tap super-hot rock for electricity.
Crusoe raises $3.9B for data centers and modular 'AI factories'
Data-center developer Crusoe raised $3.9 billion in a Series F round that pushes its valuation to $30.9 billion.
Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic back Emerald AI's grid coalition
Grid software startup Emerald AI formed a coalition with Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic that could free up 100 gigawatts of grid capacity for new data centers.