Global data center investments accelerate artificial intelligence infrastructure race

Major cloud and chip companies are committing unprecedented capital to artificial intelligence data centers and infrastructure across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, signaling a long-term buildout of compute capacity and regional hubs.

The article compiles recent coverage from AI Business highlighting a surge in global spending on artificial intelligence data centers and infrastructure by leading technology and cloud providers. The news round-up shows hyperscalers, chip designers, and emerging neocloud players racing to expand capacity for artificial intelligence workloads through new data center builds, regional hubs, and custom chip initiatives. Activity spans markets including India, Canada, the United States, Germany, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and other regions, reflecting how artificial intelligence infrastructure has become a central pillar of national and corporate tech strategies.

Among the largest commitments, Amazon plans to spend another $35B in India, with artificial intelligence called out as the focus of the expansion. Microsoft is following a similar playbook in North America, where it will spend another $5.4 billion to boost artificial intelligence in Canada. Google is scaling in the United States with a program where Google invests $40B in AI Data Centers in Texas and is also deepening its European footprint through new deployments where a new artificial intelligence data center leads Google’s $6.4B investment in Germany. In parallel, Microsoft confirms $10B spend on Portuguese artificial intelligence data center infrastructure, underscoring the company’s multi-country strategy.

Artificial intelligence specialists and neocloud providers are also ramping up. Anthropic intends to invest $50B in U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure, and Amazon plans to invest $50B to expand federal artificial intelligence infrastructure. A neocloud provider bags $1.5B for artificial intelligence infrastructure and neocloud providers propel an artificial intelligence data center boom, while Nebius reveals $3B deal with Meta and Nvidia joins $2B India Deep Tech Alliance. Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom launch $1.2B artificial intelligence cloud and Nvidia’s leap to $5 trillion valuation bolsters artificial intelligence boom, at the same time that an artificial intelligence chip maker raises $1.1B, valued at $8.1B and Nscale raises $433M days after record $1.1B Series B. Other moves include CoreWeave forging $14.2B contract with Meta for artificial intelligence compute, OpenAI and Broadcom planning to develop 10GW of custom artificial intelligence chips, and CoreWeave to acquire London artificial intelligence firm Monolith while Nscale expands its Microsoft deal and eyes an IPO in 2026.

The round-up also points to escalating geopolitical and competitive dynamics around chips and infrastructure. Examining Nvidia and Intel’s $5B partnership highlights collaboration among major semiconductor players, while China’s ban on Nvidia chips sparks geopolitical strife and market shifts. Further investment flows include Google planning to invest $15B in India artificial intelligence hub, Arm and Meta expanding collaboration for the next era of artificial intelligence, Intel adding a new GPU to its artificial intelligence portfolio, and Qualcomm entering the artificial intelligence infrastructure market with artificial intelligence chips. Additional stories track AWS and Humain expanding a partnership in a Saudi artificial intelligence infrastructure deal, neocloud providers charging onto the generative artificial intelligence landscape, Nvidia’s artificial intelligence factory aimed at an artificial intelligence industrial revolution, and five artificial intelligence data centers confirmed as part of the Stargate Project, together painting a picture of an industry committing enormous capital to stay competitive in artificial intelligence compute.

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