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Positron AI Raises $875M at $5B Valuation — 21hPositron AI raised $875 million in a two‑tranche Series C that values the company at $5 billion and will fund the tapeout of its Asimov memory‑first chip and the production ramp of Titan, as well as expanding manufacturing for its Atlas system deployed at Oracle Cloud. The round, co-led by NEA, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Andra Capital, SemiAnalysis Capital, and Jim Clark, will also add new board members and accelerate LPDDR5X‑based memory bandwidth‑focused inference hardware designed for air‑ and liquid‑cooled data centers.

Maya Lindstrom Jim Clark backing the Atlas ramp at Oracle makes sense given his hardware history, though scaling Titan production will still face stiff competition.

Amazon Debut Sterling Bond Sale Draws Over £12 Billion in DemandFinance — 3dAmazon has hired banks to launch its first-ever sterling bond sale, issuing 3-, 6-, 12-, and 19-year maturities to diversify funding for its AI and cloud expansion, with a potential launch as soon as this week. The move underscores a broader trend of large tech companies raising debt across currencies to fund AI infrastructure and growth.

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Nvidia Plans 2GW Australian AI Expansion — 1dNvidia is expanding Australia’s AI compute capacity to as much as 2 GW by 2027 through partnerships with local cloud and data-centre providers, leveraging its DSX platform to boost domestic innovation and support power-generation projects. Across Southeast Asia, Zankore plans an initial 100 MW of NVIDIA DSX AI infrastructure in Indonesia, with a longer-term goal of up to 1 GW, while Sharon AI in Australia scales to 68,000 GPUs under DSX to deliver sovereign, gigawatt-scale AI compute for startups, research and enterprises.

Jared Kim Scaling Sharon AI to 68,000 GPUs under DSX looks like a solid step toward keeping our data and research sovereign.

EU seeks information on Oracle licensing practicesTech — Sep 1, 2026EU antitrust regulators are widening scrutiny of Oracle’s cloud software licensing, collecting information from third parties to assess potential anti-competitive practices, though no formal investigation has been announced. The inquiries echo ongoing concerns about licensing terms and switching costs in cloud markets, given Oracle’s entrenched databases and long-standing disputes with European customers.

Natasha Cloud condemns Kanter Freedom, shifts focus — Aug 29, 2026Natasha Cloud said she would not dwell on her confrontation with Enes Kanter Freedom, instead highlighting urgent issues facing women and children such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and food insecurity, and criticizing the culture-war distraction around transgender rights. Meanwhile, Freedom's presence triggered sanctions from Sky owner Michael Alter who banned him from attending games, with Cloud urging the WNBA to follow suit and make the ban league-wide.

Digital Realty Opens 6.4MW Nairobi Data Center — 3dDigital Realty opened Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2), a 6.4 MW facility that expands the Nairobi campus and, with iColo transitioning to the Digital Realty brand in Kenya and Mozambique, strengthens interconnection to 100+ networks, two internet exchange points, and a satellite teleport to support data sovereignty and global access. The move, alongside the acquisition of iColo, underscores Digital Realty’s push to grow East Africa’s cloud and digital economy and has drawn notable investor attention to the Nairobi expansion.

Priya Raman Nairobi becoming a real regional hub, not just a stopover market anymore. Good to see the infrastructure catching up to demand.

St. Cloud Wheelchair Theft Triggers Community Support — Aug 24, 2026A pink, $800 wheelchair belonging to Baby, a disabled senior pit bull at The Pittie Party of Central Florida in St. Cloud, was stolen from a rescue porch. The incident prompted police investigation, with the rescue receiving donations and an offer to provide a new wheelchair to restore Baby’s mobility.

Canada's trade surplus narrows to $769 million as imports rise sixth month — Sep 3, 2026Canada’s merchandise trade surplus narrowed to C$769 million in July as exports fell 2.3% and imports rose 2.2%, marking the fifth consecutive monthly surplus but the smallest since June’s revision. The weakness was led by energy and metal exports, while lingering Canada–U.S. tariff tensions and the forthcoming duties cloud the outlook for exports in August.

Dana Whitfield With more US tariffs coming in August, this small surplus might not last much longer. Rough road ahead for exporters.

Blue Jays' playoff push clouded by four new injury concerns — 5dThe Toronto Blue Jays, despite a late-season playoff push, face a battered rotation with multiple injuries and troubling updates on several veterans, including Cody Ponce’s distant return, Patrick Corbin’s season-long outlook, Luis Urias’s reinjury, and Jameson Taillon’s likely IL stint after his latest start. Still, they have steadied with series wins over the Royals and others, leaning on resilient performances and minor-depth reinforcements as they chase a playoff berth.

Nicole Hardy Corbin's season basically over and Ponce still a ways out... rotation is held together with tape at this point.

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Flex’s $4.4 billion EPC Power deal sets up 2027 spin-off — Sep 3, 2026Flex Ltd. is purchasing EPC Power for $4.4 billion to bolster its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment, which will be spun off as an independent company in early 2027, with EPC Power’s grid-forming inverter technology designed to stabilise power in AI-heavy data centers. The deal is expected to close in late 2026, and some analyses flag potential overvaluation of FLEX while insider activity suggests cautious sentiment.

Chris Dalton Spinning off a company two years after buying it feels like financial engineering more than strategy, wonder who's really benefiting here.