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Blackstone-Backed AirTrunk Bets $30 Billion on India’s Data Centre Growth

AirTrunk plans to invest $30 billion in India to develop 5GW of data centre capacity by 2030.

Blackstone-backed Australian data centre company AirTrunk has announced plans to invest $30 billion to develop 5 gigawatts of data centre capacity in India by 2030, one of the largest proposed digital infrastructure commitments in the country.

Blackstone Commits $5 Billion to New Google TPU Cloud

Blackstone has committed $5 billion in equity for a majority stake in a new US-based AI cloud joint venture with Google that will sell Google's TPUs as a compute-as-a-service offering.

Blackstone has pledged $5 billion in equity for a majority stake in a new US-based AI cloud company with Google, which will sell access to Google’s Tensor Processing Units outside the Google Cloud Platform. The venture targets 500 MW of capacity by 2027 and signals a sharper challenge to Nvidia’s grip on the AI chip market.

After Anthropic, OpenAI Moves Beyond AI Models With $4B Enterprise Deployment Push

OpenAI has launched the OpenAI Deployment Company, a new enterprise AI unit backed by over $4 billion to deploy AI systems inside business operations. The move follows Anthropic’s recent Wall Street-backed AI services venture, highlighting the industry’s push into enterprise deployment.

Anthropic, Wall Street Giants Launch $1.5B AI Services Firm

Anthropic is teaming up with Wall Street heavyweights including Goldman Sachs and Blackstone to launch a $1.5 billion AI services venture aimed at mid-sized businesses. (Illustrative)

Anthropic is partnering with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs in a roughly $1.5 billion joint venture to build custom Claude-powered AI tools for mid-sized businesses — putting pressure on legacy IT services giants.