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ARDIAN AND VERNE BUILD €5B AI DATA CENTER NEAR PARIS

French private equity firm Ardian has partnered with data center operator Verne to construct a €5 billion AI infrastructure facility outside Paris, targeting 500MW of total capacity as Europe races to build computational infrastructure for artificial intelligence.

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French private equity firm Ardian partners with data center group Verne to build an up to €5B AI "gigafactory" outside Paris, targeting 500MW in total capacity (Financial Times)

Financial Times: French private equity firm Ardian partners with data center group Verne to build an up to €5B AI “gigaf…

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How OpenAI, Anthropic, and AI startups are pursuing "recursive self-improvement", in a bid to build AI that can improve itself with little to no human input (Financial Times)

Financial Times: How OpenAI, Anthropic, and AI startups are pursuing “recursive self-improvement”, in a bid to build AI…

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World's highest-grossing law firm Kirkland & Ellis agrees to a multiyear deal with Palantir to develop an AI tool to help advise PE firms on raising capital (Financial Times)

Financial Times: World's highest-grossing law firm Kirkland & Ellis agrees to a multiyear deal with Palantir to develop…

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Public First: just 26% of Americans support increased data center construction, the lowest share among 15 large countries, including the UK, Japan, and Canada (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Public First: just 26% of Americans support increased data center construction, the lowest share among…

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Sources: SpaceX prepares the largest retail allocation ever attempted in a megacap IPO, seeking to reserve as much as 25% of its $75B float for retail investors (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: SpaceX prepares the largest retail allocation ever attempted in a megacap IPO, seeking to rese…

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