Empirik Spins Out of Sequoia With $21M to Forecast Infrastructure Outages
Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen, using AI to help infrastructure teams prevent incidents and reduce downtime.
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Nvidia’s $3.5 Billion MediaTek Deal Shows How It Plans to Stay at the Center of AI Chips
Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek deal shows how it plans to stay central as AI chips go custom across cloud, data center and vehicle markets.
Musk’s in-house turbine push could speed AI power builds — and intensify pollution fears
Musk says SpaceX can speed gas turbines for AI data centers, but the plan could worsen pollution and health concerns near communities.
Nvidia’s real AI moat is shifting from chips to the systems that feed them
Nvidia AI advantage is expanding beyond GPUs as the company builds systems for storage, networking and orchestration in mega-scale data centers.
Lambda Borrows $1 Billion to Keep Buying Nvidia Chips for Microsoft
Lambda’s AI debt spree includes a $1 billion loan to buy Nvidia chips for Microsoft, highlighting the boom in AI infrastructure financing.
Meta Tests Robots to Handle Data Center Tasks as AI Buildout Accelerates
Meta is testing data center robots to plug cables and reset servers as AI spending surges, raising questions about jobs and automation.
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Calls AGI ‘Senseless’ Even as He Says It’s Here
Jensen Huang said Nvidia has reached AGI for some tasks, then called the AGI debate senseless as he shifted focus to useful AI and tokens.
WIRED’s Sept. 10 livestream will examine the rising backlash to data centers
WIRED will host a September 10 livestream on the data center backlash, a growing AI, energy and politics fight ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Nvidia’s reported $12.9B Hugging Face deal could reshape open-source AI
Nvidia’s reported Hugging Face acquisition could reshape open-source AI, cloud computing and chip competition across the industry.
UK Grid Queue Swamped by Phantom Data Centers as Ofgem Seeks Tighter Rules
Ofgem wants to clean up the UK data center queue with tougher fees and proof-of-funding rules to stop phantom projects.
