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Megaport Secures $329M in AI Contracts and Launches $593M Equity Raise

Brisbane-based network-as-a-service (NaaS) provider Megaport announced on June 3 that it has secured four new AI infrastructure contracts valued at approximately A$458.9 million (US$329 million). Concurrently, the company has launched a fully underwr<!--autointro-->

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Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch on AI Infrastructure, Sovereignty, and Europe’s Strategic Future

Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch joins CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal to discuss the next phase of the AI revolution, highlighting Europe&#39;s strategic push to build data centers, secure computing power, and establish AI sovereignty. Mensch explains Mistral’s co<!--autointro-->

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XCENA Raises $135M Series B to Solve AI Memory Bottlenecks with In-Memory Computing

XCENA Raises $135 Million to Tackle AI’s Biggest Bottleneck: MemoryEvery time a user interacts with an AI model like ChatGPT, a high-stakes data relay race begins. Information must leave memory, travel to a CPU for preprocessing, move to a GPU for he<!--autointro-->

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AI Factories: The New Infrastructure of Intelligence &amp; NVIDIA Blackwell Economics

🏭 AI Factories: The New Infrastructure of IntelligenceDate:&nbsp;May 27, 2026 |&nbsp;Author:&nbsp;Jeremy GraybillThe Industrial Shift: From Electricity to IntelligenceAI factories represent a revolutionary class of infrastructure designed to manufact<!--autointro-->

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SoftBank to Launch AI Data Center GPU Cloud Powered by Infrinia OS in October 2026

SoftBank Corp. announced on May 25 that it will officially launch its&nbsp;&quot;AI Data Center GPU Cloud&quot;&nbsp;in October 2026. This new offering is a core component of the company&#39;s&nbsp;&quot;Neo Cloud&quot;&nbsp;business, specifically de<!--autointro-->

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AI Chip Cost Shift: HBM Memory Now Accounts for 63% of Component Spending

The cost pressure in the AI chip industry is shifting from &quot;who has the most powerful logic chip&quot; to &quot;who can secure enough high-bandwidth memory (HBM) at a reasonable price.&quot;According to estimates released by Epoch AI on May 21, <!--autointro-->

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Anthropic Acquires Stainless for Over $300M to Strengthen AI Developer Tools

On May 18, Anthropic officially announced the acquisition of Stainless, a New York-based startup specializing in automated software development kit (SDK) generation and maintenance tools. Founded in 2022 by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray, Stainl<!--autointro-->

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