DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Software, Blackstone
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Blackstone and Google team up for $5bn TPU-based cloud platform
Will enable customers to access TPUs via a different platform from Google Cloud
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Blackstone to launch publicly traded AI data center acquisition company - report
Comes on the back of QTS Data Centers' growth
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Firmus secures $10bn debt financing facility for Project Southgate AI factory roll out
Funding led by Blackstone and Coatue
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AirTrunk signs $3bn deal with Humain to develop data centers in Saudi Arabia
APAC data center firm moves west
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Blackstone has $70bn in prospective data center pipeline, on top of $55bn portfolio
Predicts $2 trillion in global build out
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AI cloud firm CoreWeave raises $7.5 billion in debt financing
Company has warchest of almost $10 billion
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Park Place Technologies secures $2bn from Blackstone - report
Investment will clear debts and cover dividend payment
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AI-focused GPU-cloud company CoreWeave raises $2.3bn in debt from Magnetar Capital, Blackstone, & DigitalBridge
Cashing in on generative AI hype for a large expansion
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Blackstone & QTS to spend $8bn building new data centers, as investor prepares for “once in a generation” AI boom
Has already spent $1bn on buying land for AI land grab