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• OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout - OpenAI and SoftBank agreed to invest $1 billion into a SoftBank-backed energy provider as the companies prepare for a massive buildout of AI data centers.
• Dust to data centers: The year AI tech giants, and billions in debt, began remaking the American landscape - Big Tech is remaking the U.S. map into an AI empire — kingdom-scale data centers, unprecedented debt, power constraints, and a near-religious belief in scaling.
• Softbank has fully funded $40 billion investment in OpenAI, sources tell CNBC - TechSoftbank has fully funded $40 billion investment in OpenAI, sources tell CNBCPublished Tue, Dec 30 20259:10 AM ESTUpdated 2 Min AgoSamantha Subin@samantha_s
• Asia-Pacific markets set to open mostly lower on penultimate day of the year - Investors will be focused on China's military exercises around Taiwan today, after it announced new drills surrounding the island Monday.