DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Business Operations, Goldman Sachs
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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SB Energy files for IPO, targeting a raise of $5-7bn
Would value the company at approximately $50bn
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Optics startup Quintessent secures $40m to revolutionize interconnects for AI
Ciena among backers of DWDM link player using gallium arsenide over supply-chain-constrained indium phosphide
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Nvidia partners with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR for $500bn financing program
Chip company aims to 'secure capital at attractive rates' for Nvidia customers
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Switch confidentially files for IPO - report
Rob Roy's data center firm could be going public again
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Nscale closes $900m revolving credit facility
Provides additional cash for AI data center build-out
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Applied Digital secures customer for new 210MW data center campus
Company now working on fifth AI campus, three leased to single unnamed hyperscaler
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AtlasEdge secures €1.2bn financing facility
Company to use funds to continue European expansion
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Goldman Sachs acquires Canadian data center firm QScale
Company sold after strategic review earlier this year
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I Squared Capital acquires Brazilian data center firm Elea
Terms not shared, joins likes of Kio, Exa, and nLighten under I Squared's ownership
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Vultr seeks at least $1bn in funding - report
Could be debt or equity, or a combination of the two
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QScale conducting “strategic review” and shareholder reorganization that could see large investment from US banks
Company reportedly fielding an offer from Goldman Sachs for $1.5 billion
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Amazon raises $53bn in bond sales
Comes as company plans major capex investments in data centers
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QTS Data Centers seeks $2 billion CMBS refinancing for three US data center campuses
Loan will be used to refinance existing debt associated with campuses
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Telkom Indonesia revisits NeutraDC sale plans - report
Looking for a valuation of $1 billion to $1.5 billion
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Oracle officially launches $25bn bond offering and $20bn equity distribution agreement
Follows announced plans to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity in 2026
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Solaria launches European data center plaform, inks 15-year PPA with Merlin
Includes 3.4GW of secured grid power
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Solaria taps Goldman Sachs to secure funding partner for 3.4GW European data center platform - report
Expected to span Spain, Italy, Germany, and the UK
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Eaton acquires Boyd Thermal for $9.5bn to further liquid cooling portfolio
Company gains data center cooling offerings, including CDUs for liquid deployments
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PDG owner Warburg Pincus joins bid to buy Global Switch – report
Investment firm said to join SC Capital’s bid to buy veteran data center operator
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Vantage secures $735m refinancing loan - report
Loan secured against three facilities at Goodyear campus in Arizona
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Vultr secures $329m in credit financing
Follows funding round in late 2024
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Neocloud Nebius raises $1bn in debt financing
Will be used to fuel expansion plans
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Nscale looks to raise $2.7bn for AI infrastructure - report
AI cloud firm is less than a year old
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APL and Global Compute Infra to develop two data center campuses in Japan
120MW campus planned in Kyushu
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CoreWeave selects Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase for IPO
Company plans to go public in 2025
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Final bids arrive for Spanish data center operator Nabiax - report
Keppel-linked Aermont reportedly highest bidder for Asterion & Telefónica-owned firm
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CoreWeave closes $650m financing deal
Credit facility led by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley
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Goldman Sachs, Wren House, and Igneo make shortlist to acquire Nabiax - report
Spanish operator could sell for $1bn