#Infrastructure
AIGoogle Space AI Data Center Test Is Scheduled for October 1
Google’s first space AI data center test is scheduled for October 1, with a small satellite carrying four TPUs to test AI computing hardware in orbit.
AIMicrosoft Turns India Into an AI Infrastructure Hub for the Global South
Microsoft has launched its fourth India cloud region in Hyderabad, making India South Central a strategic hub for AI workloads across Asia and the Global South.
AIStripe Is Buying OpenRouter for More Than $7 Billion, Bloomberg Reports
Stripe is buying OpenRouter for $7bn+, per Bloomberg. The AI model gateway routes 8 million developers across 400+ models. Stripe declined to comment.
StartupsEtched Raises $300 Million at $10.3 Billion Valuation to Build Frontier Inference Clusters
Etched raises $300 million at a $10.3 billion valuation, doubling its worth in 23 days. Sequoia leads alongside a16z, Jane Street, and SK Hynix.