According to leaked documents analyzed by TechCrunch, OpenAI paid Microsoft $493.8 million in 2024 and $865.8 million in the first three quarters of 2025 as part of their revenue-sharing agreement. The numbers suggest OpenAI’s inference costs may exceed its revenue, raising questions about the AI in
Capital One made a strategic move to the cloud years before many competitors. That decision is now paying dividends as they leverage that infrastructure for AI development. The company’s data advantage is becoming their AI advantage.
Construction powerhouse ACS is partnering with BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners on a massive €2 billion data center joint venture. The deal positions the Spanish firm to capitalize on surging AI and cloud computing demand worldwide.
Microsoft has rolled out its Prevent screen capture feature for Teams Premium customers. The feature blocks screenshots and recordings during sensitive meetings, though organizers must manually enable it each time.
Anthropic is launching a massive $50 billion infrastructure push to build custom data centers across the United States. The initiative starts in Texas and New York, with facilities scheduled to come online in 2026. The build-out will generate 800 permanent jobs and 2,400 construction roles while add
Akamai just dropped a bombshell during its Q3 earnings – all three major US cloud providers are now using its services. Their cloud infrastructure business grew 39% year-over-year to $81 million, accelerating from previous quarters.
Nokia is expanding its data center portfolio with high-performance switches and AIOps capabilities. The new hardware targets the massive scalability demands of AI workloads while automation tools aim to reduce network downtime.
Apple is expanding its renewable energy footprint in Australia with an 80MW solar farm in Victoria. The project supports their 2030 carbon neutrality goals alongside new reforestation and agriculture investments.
Megaport plans to acquire Compute-as-a-Service provider Latitude.sh, combining network and compute capabilities into a global IaaS platform. The deal is expected to close by end of 2025, though financial terms weren’t disclosed. The combined offering will span over 1,000 data centers across 26 count
Private cloud investments are accelerating dramatically among major enterprises. Companies spending over $10 million annually on cloud are seeing private cloud grow at double the rate of public cloud deployments.
