HIVE’s BUZZ Signs $30M AI Cloud Contracts, Expands HPC Capacity
📅 - HIVE Digital Technologies has taken a significant step in expanding its artificial intelligence infrastructure ambitions, announcing that its Canadian Tier-III high-performance computing platform, BUZZ High Performance Computing, has secured customer agreements totaling approximately $30 million in contract value over fixed two-year terms.
The agreements, subject to deployment milestones and performance obligations, represent the initial commercial phase of BUZZ's AI-optimized GPU cloud rollout at its Canada West facility in Manitoba.
The contracts support the first stage of a 504 liquid-cooled Dell server-based GPU deployment, purpose-built for AI and high-performance computing [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Proofpoint Acquires Acuvity For AI Security Push - Proofpoint has acquired Acuvity in a move designed to expand its capabilities in AI security and governance as enterprises accelerate the adoption of generative AI and autonomous agents. The transaction adds AI-native visibility, runtime protection and governance controls to Proofpoint's broader human-centric cybersecurity platform.
It would put Proofpoint in a position to handle new risks in the ‘agentic workspace,' as executives refer to it. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The acquisition comes as enterprises deploy AI copilots, autonomous agents and model-connected applications across software development, finance, customer service and legal operations. While [...]
📅 - Anthropic Secures $30B Funding at $380B Valuation - Anthropic has raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round, valuing the artificial intelligence company at a post-money valuation of $380 billion. The round was led by GIC and Coatue Management, with participation from a broad consortium of global institutional investors and venture firms, marking one of the largest private funding events in the history of enterprise AI.
The funding will be directed toward frontier AI research, product development and large-scale infrastructure expansion as Anthropic seeks to consolidate its position in enterprise AI and agentic coding. The round was co-led by D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ and MGX, alongside participation from [...]
📅 - Nebius Plans 240MW AI Data Center Near Lille In France - Nebius, the Amsterdam-headquartered AI cloud infrastructure provider, is moving aggressively to expand its European footprint with plans to build a 240-megawatt data center in northern France. The facility, to be constructed on the site of a former Bridgestone tire factory in Béthune near Lille, represents one of the largest dedicated AI infrastructure projects announced in Europe this year.
It underscores intensifying competition among specialist "neocloud" providers racing to secure capacity for AI training and inference workloads.
Nebius said the Béthune campus will be developed in phases, with initial capacity expected to come online late this summer. By the end of 2026, [...]
