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• Amazon targets $7B Decart AI deal to boost multi chip compute

  Reports on October 11, 2026 say Amazon is in talks to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart.ai in a deal valued at up to $7 billion. The Wall Street Journal sourced accounts that a transaction could close within days if negotiations succeed and no rival bidder emerges.

  Source: SiliconANGLE2026-10-12T00:31:00.000Z

• OneByZero raises $20m Series A from Jungle Ventures to scale enterprise AI in APAC

  Singapore based AI deployment company OneByZero announced on October 5, 2026 that it has raised 20 million US dollars in a Series A round led by Jungle Ventures. The startup plans to use the funding to grow its forward deployed engineering teams across nine markets, open a Japan office and invest further in its NEO platform and AI coworker agents.

  Source: OneByZero2026-10-05T13:06:47.126Z

• Anthropic enables in country Claude inference on AWS Bedrock in India

  On October 5, 2026 Anthropic made its Claude Opus 5, Sonnet 5 and Haiku 4.5 models available via Amazon Bedrock’s India endpoints, allowing inference to be processed within AWS’s Mumbai and Hyderabad regions. The move delivers on Anthropic’s August pledge to support in country inference for Indian customers that face strict data residency rules.

  Source: CRN Asia India2026-10-05T13:06:46.922Z

• Amazon AWS drops NDAs amid backlash over AI data centers

  On October 3, 2026, TechCrunch reported that AWS CEO Matt Garman said the company has stopped using nondisclosure agreements with US government agencies when pursuing new data center projects. Garman’s statement came in response to growing community opposition and moratoriums targeting AI-heavy data center developments.

  Source: TechCrunch2026-10-03T18:43:00.000Z

• Spain data center rules raise alarms for European AI buildout

  On September 11, Spanish business daily Cinco Días reported that over 40 major investors warned at a Goldman Sachs forum in London that Spain’s draft decree on data centers and AI factories is economically unworkable. The proposed rules would force facilities to source at least 80 percent of their electricity from new hourly matched renewable generation, prompting concerns that AI and cloud projects could move to other European markets.

  Source: Cinco Días / El País2026-09-11T03:15:00.000Z

• Nvidia and cloud giants tout AI data centers that cut water use

  On September 7, 2026 at 07:51 a.m. IST, ETManufacturing published an AFP report detailing how Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Meta are promoting closed loop cooling systems to slash the water use of AI data centers. Nvidia claims its DSX design platform can nearly eliminate direct cooling water at some sites, while cloud operators report double digit improvements in water efficiency since 2022.

  Source: ETManufacturing2026-09-07T02:21:00.000Z

• Equinix debuts Fabric One to connect AI, cloud and enterprise networks

  On September 3, 2026 Equinix announced Fabric One, a managed any-to-any connectivity service that links enterprise sites, clouds and AI infrastructure using open specifications from AWS and Google Cloud. The company presented the service at its Equinix Horizon customer and partner event.

  Source: CXOtoday2026-09-03T12:09:00.000Z

• Trump and AI investors launch pro data center push in US

  On August 31, 2026, President Donald Trump warned that US communities opposing AI data centers risk becoming “backwards and poor,” urging them to “let data reign.” The comments came as pro-AI advocacy group Build American AI and allied investors prepared a US$50 million campaign to defend data center projects in key states.

  Source: The Washington Post2026-08-31T17:48:00.000Z

• Humain, AMD and Cisco switch on Saudi AI compute network

  On August 31, 2026, Saudi AI firm Humain and US tech companies AMD and Cisco announced that new GPU based AI computing infrastructure is now live in the kingdom. The platform, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, is intended to scale to up to 1 GW of AI capacity by 2030 and support customers across the region.

  Source: The National2026-08-31T14:36:00.000Z

• OpenAI and Anthropic lead 100 firm warning on AI cyberattacks

  On August 27 2026, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and more than 100 other companies released an open letter warning that AI‑enabled cyberattacks will surge in the coming months. The signatories urge governments and businesses to make cyber defense an immediate leadership priority and invest in stronger protections for critical infrastructure.

  Source: SiliconANGLE2026-08-27T23:27:00.000Z