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Soft Bank plans to offer AI-tailored cloud services in U.S. from next fiscal year

The mobile carrier operator and group company will set up the new venture this month, aiming to supply data center capacity at a scale of 10 gigawatts by around 2030.

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What happened The mobile carrier operator and group company will set up the new venture this month, aiming to supply data center capacity at a scale of 10 gigawatts by around 2030.
The headline split Japan Times frames it as "Soft Bank plans to offer AI-tailored cloud services in U.S. from next fiscal year". Bloomberg - Technology frames it as "Soft Bank Plans to Rent AI Compute in US at 10-Gigawatt Scale".
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Japan TimesNews report · Jul 2, 8:37 AM

Soft Bank plans to offer AI-tailored cloud services in U.S. from next fiscal year

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The mobile carrier operator and group company will set up the new venture this month, aiming to supply data center capacity at a scale of 10 gigawatts by around 2030.

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Bloomberg - TechnologyNews report · Jul 2, 7:31 AM

Soft Bank Plans to Rent AI Compute in US at 10-Gigawatt Scale

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Soft Bank Group Corp. and its telecom unit will start renting AI computing resources to US companies next fiscal year, using a growing pipeline of data centers to compete with the likes of...

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