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“#Amazon, #Microsoft and #Google are operating #datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, the non-profit investigatory organisation #SourceMaterial and the Guardian have found.

With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the three #technology giants are planning hundreds of datacentres in the US and across the globe, with a potentially huge impact on populations already living with #water scarcity.

#AI / #ProjectStargate / #OpenAI / #Oracle / #SoftBank / #MGX <theguardian.com/environment/20>

The Guardian · Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areasBy Luke Barratt
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Please, please, please... I so hope this will end the unwanted implementation of generative AI in all the technology it doesn't belong in!

"None of the startups with early leads in generative Al have shown they can operate profitably, and the sector is pouring tens of billions of dollars into data centers based on assumptions, not yet proven, of a future in which Al rapidly permeates the globe."

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lightreading.com/finance/softb

Ratings agency S&P Global said Tuesday that SoftBank’s “financial condition will likely deteriorate” as aresult of the OpenAl investment and that its plans to add debt could lead the agency to consider downgrading SoftBank’s ratings. None of the startups with early leads in generative Al have shown they can operate profitably, and the sector is pouring tens of billions of dollars into data centers based on assumptions, not yet proven, of a future in which Al rapidly permeates the globe. Early tech leaders often falter—a point SoftBank learned when it made a dot-com era bet that Yahoo would be the dominant force in search.
Market analysts have expressed concern over the Japanese company's heavy reliance on debt financing to pay for these major Al investments. On Tuesday, the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) revised the company's rating outlook from "stable" to "negative," observing that investment in generative Al is associated with a degree of uncertainty. The agency has noted that as SoftBank's holdings in unlisted Al- related assets continue to grow, the risk of fluctuations in the equity value increases. "JCR believes that the quality of assets will decline somewhat due to the increase in investments in unlisted Al-related companies," the agency said. It added that the company's loan-to-value ratio is expected to rise to the 20% range from 12.9% at the end of 2024, due to the new Al investments that SoftBank has announced since January, This is close to the 25% limit that SoftBank's financial policy says it cannot borrow.
#generativeAI#ai#openai
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OpenAI erhält Rekordinvestition von 40 Milliarden Dollar
Der KI-Spezialist OpenAI hat eine neue Finanzierungsrunde in historischer Höhe abgeschlossen. Unter der Führung von SoftBank fließen insgesamt 40 Milliarden Dollar in das Unt
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#News #Tellerrand #AGI #chatGPT #Finanzierungsrunde #KIEntwicklung #KIInfrastruktur #KnstlicheIntelligenz #OpenAI #Softbank #Technologieinvestment #VentureCapital

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🔴 OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record

🔸 OpenAI hits $300B valuation; only behind SpaceX & ByteDance.
🔸 SoftBank leads $30B; Microsoft & others also joined.
🔸 $18B to fund Stargate venture with Oracle & SoftBank.
🔸 Funding depends on for-profit restructure by Dec 31, 2025—or SoftBank may cut back.

#OpenAI#AI#SamAltman
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#SB Technology (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") announces that #NobuhiroTsuji, a security researcher at the Company, will participate as an expert in the Japan Cybersecurity Initiative by Google Cybersecurity Research Center (hereinafter referred to as "the Initiative"), an effort to raise cybersecurity awareness in Japanese society, which is led by the Google Cybersecurity Research Center.
#CyberDefense #Japan #SoftBank #CyberSecurity
softbanktech.co.jp/en/news/top

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The Japan Times

OpenAI is close to finalizing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group — with investors including Magnetar Capital, Coatue Management, Founders Fund and Altimeter Capital Management in talks to participate. japantimes.co.jp/business/2025 #business #companies #openai #softbank #investments #ai #chatgpt

The Japan Times · OpenAI close to finalizing $40 billion SoftBank-led fundingBy Kate Clark
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Emboldened by #Trump , A.I. Companies Lobby for Fewer Rules

President Trump at the White House in January with, from left, Oracle’s chairman, Larry Ellison; SoftBank’s chief executive, Masayoshi Son; and OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman.
#ai #privacy #openai #softbank #oracle #aitraining #training

nytimes.com/2025/03/24/technol

The New York Times · Emboldened by Trump, A.I. Companies Lobby for Fewer RulesBy Cecilia Kang
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