Banks outline $63 billion financing plan for Anthropic compute
Financial institutions including Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley and Blackstone outlined a $63 billion plan this week to finance additional AI computing capacity for Anthropic, CIO Dive reported in an article republished by Yahoo. The financial partners will buy Broadcom XPU AI accelerators and networking products and lease them to Anthropic starting in 2027.
Symbotic says Walmart commits additional $6B to distribution automation
Symbotic said Walmart has committed an additional $6B over several years to deploy its supply-chain automation technology across the retailer's distribution network.
Suzhou Denglin and Hosin lead Hong Kong listing launches
Chip suppliers Suzhou Denglin Technology and Hosin Electronics led a rush of listing launches in Hong Kong on the month's last trading day, Bloomberg reported. The launches revived fundraising activity that had begun to flag after a strong run.
Intel plans to shift Panther Lake capacity toward data center chips
Intel plans to take some Panther Lake manufacturing capacity offline to produce more data center chips, Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner said on its third-quarter earnings call. The shift would replace capacity for 18A wafers with Intel 3 production in Oregon.
Intel forecast misses estimates amid weak PC demand and supply problems
Intel's revenue forecast missed analysts' estimates as weak demand for PC processors and supply-chain problems with its data center components weighed on the business, Bloomberg reported. Shares plunged in late trading.
Alphabet filing details more than $1tn in future payment commitments
Alphabet's quarterly filing published Thursday details more than $1tn in future payments for computing, energy and data centres, The Next Web reported. The commitments do not appear on its balance sheet.
