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Infrastructure & Cloud
Iren Delivers First Phase of Dedicated AI Capacity to Microsoft in Texas
Data center operator Iren has delivered and Microsoft has accepted the first 50MW phase of dedicated AI cloud capacity at its Childress, Texas campus, under a five-year, $9.7 billion agreement.
Startups
Volta’s $300M Debut: How a Day-One Startup Landed a $10 Billion Anthropic Cloud Deal
AI cloud startup Volta launched from stealth on August 4, 2026 with $300M at a $2.4B valuation, backed by Nvidia and Michael Dell — and a $10B, six-year Anthropic contract.
Startups
Modal Labs: $355M Series C and Why Serverless GPUs Are the New Cloud Default
⚡ Key Takeaways Modal Labs raised $355 million at a $4.65 billion valuation in May 2026 after growing annualized revenue...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Neocloud Full-Stack: How IREN’s $625M Mirantis Buy Redefines AI Cloud Delivery
⚡ Key Takeaways IREN Ltd. announced a $625 million all-stock acquisition of Mirantis Inc. on May 5, 2026, combining IREN’s...
AI & Automation
AventureCloudz: Algeria’s First Sovereign Developer Cloud Goes Live
⚡ Key Takeaways On April 30, 2026, Djezzy, Algeria Venture, and Taubyte launched AventureCloudz — Algeria’s first locally hosted, Git-native...
Startups
Nscale’s $2B Series C at $14.6B: Europe’s Largest AI Infrastructure Round
⚡ Key Takeaways London-based AI infrastructure company Nscale closed a $2 billion Series C at $14.6 billion valuation in March...
Infrastructure & Cloud
The Developer Platform Revolution: How Vercel, Netlify, Railway
The Rise of DX-First Cloud Platforms A fundamental shift is underway in how developers interact with cloud infrastructure. For the past 15 years, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud dominated the conversation with an ever-expanding catalog of services — hundreds of products,
