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Nvidia backs AI cloud startup Nebius with $2B as data center race intensifies

Colin Henderson

Nvidia is investing $2 billion in Amsterdam-based Nebius, taking an 8.3% stake and deepening its push into the fast-growing “neocloud” layer of the AI stack. Nebius said it plans to deploy more than 5 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2030, a huge build-out that shows demand for AI compute is no longer driven solely by hyperscalers like Microsoft, Google, and Meta. The deal also underscores Nvidia’s increasingly unusual position in the market: it is not just selling chips, but financing parts of the ecosystem that buy and deploy them. Why that matters goes beyond one funding deal. AI infrastructure … Continue reading Nvidia backs AI cloud startup Nebius with $2B as data center race intensifies

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Behind Ukraine’s Russia Invasion: Secrecy, Speed and Electronic Jamming

Colin Henderson

Ukrainians embarrass Putin by becoming first foreign military force to occupy Russian territory since World War II By Isabel Coles, Michael R. Gordon and Ievgeniia Sivorka | Photographs by Svet Jacqueline for WSJ Aug. 16, 2024 at 11:00 pm ET PYSARIVKA, Ukraine—Six days after Ukrainian forces swept through the Russian border town of Sudzha in a lightning advance, a Ukrainian platoon carrying out a mopping-up operation stumbled upon a dozen Russian soldiers hiding in a butter factory. The speed and scale of this month’s Ukrainian advance—the first time a foreign military force has occupied Russian soil since World War II—left pockets of surprised and disoriented Russian soldiers … Continue reading Behind Ukraine’s Russia Invasion: Secrecy, Speed and Electronic Jamming