SoftBank Group said on Friday it has secured a $40 billion bridge loan to bolster investments in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and for general corporate purposes, marking another significant step in its artificial intelligence strategy. The Japanese investment conglomerate, led by founder Masayoshi Son, continues to strengthen ties with OpenAI as global tech firms race to gain an edge in the increasingl...
SoftBank Group said on Friday it has secured a $40 billion bridge loan to bolster investments in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and for general corporate purposes, marking another significant step in its artificial intelligence strategy. The Japanese investment conglomerate, led by founder Masayoshi Son, continues to strengthen ties with OpenAI as global tech firms race to gain an edge in the increasingly competitive generative AI space. The Japanese investor has previously agreed to invest $30 billion in OpenAI through its Vision Fund 2.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News Meta Platforms ( META ) has increased the investment for its data center campus in El Paso, Texas, to $10B from $1.5B, the company said in a blog post. The company is aggressively pouring resources into artificial intelligence to stay ahead of rivals Google ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ), Amazon ( AMZN ), and Microsoft ( MSFT ), while scaling back on efforts like the metavers...
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News Meta Platforms ( META ) has increased the investment for its data center campus in El Paso, Texas, to $10B from $1.5B, the company said in a blog post. The company is aggressively pouring resources into artificial intelligence to stay ahead of rivals Google ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ), Amazon ( AMZN ), and Microsoft ( MSFT ), while scaling back on efforts like the metaverse initiative and making frequent job cuts across the board to offset heavy spending bets. The Texas data center, which will generate 1 gigawatt of compute power once online by 2028, is expected to support over 4,000 construction jobs during the peak building phase and about 300 operational jobs once it's finished. The company said it plans to add enough clean and renewable energy to the El Paso grid to match 100% of the electricity use of its data center. Meta plans to use a water-efficient cooling system for its data centers that will recycle and use the same water, resulting in zero usage for the most part during the year. " To put that into perspective, our water use is projected to be similar to a typical golf course in West Texas," the company said Thursday. The company has also pledged to restore 200% of the water consumed by the data center to local watersheds. In February, Meta began construction of its 1 GW data center in Lebanon, Indiana, the investment for which was also estimated at $10B. According to data from Meta , it has 31 data centers in the U.S., including those under construction, 127 solar projects, and 62 water facilities. More on Meta Meta Platforms Down 7%, Google Breaks Key Support - What Comes Next For The Tech Heavyweights? Meta's Agentic AI Ambitions Wall Street Lunch: Huang, Zuckerberg, Ellison Join Trump's Tech Council LA jury finds Meta, Google liable for inducing social media addiction in young woman Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg among Trump's tech council