DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Cloud & Hyperscale, Goldman Sachs
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Nscale targets $3bn raise in US IPO - report
IPO could take place as soon as September
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Nscale closes $900m revolving credit facility
Provides additional cash for AI data center build-out
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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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Amazon raises $53bn in bond sales
Comes as company plans major capex investments in data centers
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AMD underwrites $300m Crusoe loan so data center firm can buy its AI chips - report
It's the circle of life
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Neocloud Nscale hires Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan as it plans IPO
But may raise $2bn first
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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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Meta signs renewable supply agreement with Nexus in Lamar County, Texas
Will offtake power from the MRG Goody Solar and Storage project
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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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CoreWeave selects Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase for IPO
Company plans to go public in 2025
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CoreWeave closes $650m financing deal
Credit facility led by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley
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Aligned secures new credit facility of $575m
It hopes to use the increased credit to expand its operations
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MIRA closes deal for 88 percent stake in AirTrunk
Worth an estimated $1.8bn
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Macquarie to acquire AirTrunk; company valued at A$3 billion
Beating out competition after an auction last year
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AirTrunk valued at $2bn in Goldman Sachs auction
One of the bidders is a Canadian pension fund
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Report: Microsoft is considering Mellanox acquisition
Xilinx was also rumored to be interested
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Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz joins Trump transition team
Musk, Kalanick join advisory board