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Microsoft Takes Over OpenAI's Arctic Data Center, Seizing AI Compute Control
Microsoft leases a data center in Norway's Arctic Circle from Nscale, deploying 30,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs, filling the gap left by OpenAI's retreat. OpenAI slashes its 2030 infrastructure budget from $140B to $60B. Microsoft surpasses OpenAI in AI compute capacity and gains geographical redundancy.
Meta Invests $9.17B in Canada AI Data Center, Iris AI Chip Mass Production Begins MTIA Roadmap
Meta announced a $9.17B AI data center in Canada with 1GW capacity, and its first in-house AI chip Iris will mass produce in September, kicking off the MTIA four-generation roadmap. Meta targets 14GW compute by 2027, using 6-month chip iterations to challenge NVIDIA's annual cadence and reduce GPU dependency.
OpenAI GPT-5.6 Aggressive Pricing and 1.5M Context Window Targets Agent Era
OpenAI reportedly launches GPT-5.6 with 1.5M token context window, aggressive pricing at one-third of Claude Fable 5, and improved agent reliability. This move capitalizes on Anthropic's forced downtime and addresses internal alignment issues.