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Firmus Signs Multi-Year Data Center Agreement with OpenAI, Malaysia Computing Capacity Exceeds 900 Megawatts
According to The Straits Times, Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus announced a multi-year agreement with OpenAI to supply computing power from two data centers in Malaysia, establishing OpenAI as Firmus's anchor customer. Following the signing of the agreement, Firmus's contracted capacity across its global client portfolio has exceeded 900 megawatts. Backed by institutional investors including Nvidia, Jane Street, Blackstone, and Coatue Management, Firmus holds a recent valuation of over $10.5 billion. The company currently operates data centers in Australia and Singapore, with five additional facilities under development across the Asia-Pacific region. It plans to deploy Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin processors at scale in the Asia-Pacific.
Nvidia Earnings Preview: Q2 Revenue Expected to Nearly Double to $92.17 Billion, Market Focus on AI Chip Demand and Supply Chain Pressures
Odaily News Nvidia will release its fiscal 2026 second-quarter earnings after the U.S. market close. According to analyst estimates compiled by LSEG, the company's quarterly earnings per share are expected to be $2.10, with revenue projected to reach $92.17 billion.The market expects Nvidia's revenue to nearly double from $46.7 billion in the same period last year, continuing the rapid growth driven by the wave of artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. As a core supplier of AI computing power, Nvidia's GPUs are widely used to train and run advanced AI models, and the company is also involved in advancing the construction of next-generation AI data centers through financing support and other means.However, after nearly three years of significant gains, investor expectations for Nvidia have become more cautious. As of Tuesday's close, Nvidia has risen approximately 14% year-to-date, slightly outperforming the Nasdaq index. Market concerns include competitive pressure from rivals such as AMD and Google, as well as rising costs stemming from the global memory chip shortage.Currently, Nvidia is in a new product cycle, with its latest Vera Rubin AI system already being delivered to customers including Microsoft and OpenAI. Investors will focus on sales progress and supply conditions for the Rubin and Blackwell chip families, as well as the company's outlook for future AI computing power demand.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has previously stated that he expects the current product cycle based on the Blackwell and Vera Rubin architectures to generate cumulative sales of $1 trillion by 2027. The company will hold its earnings conference call at 5:00 PM ET. (CNBC)
Starcloud Raises $250 Million in Funding, NVIDIA Invests Approximately $25 Million
According to TechCrunch, space computing startup Starcloud announced the closing of a new $250 million funding round led by Manhattan West Ventures, with participation from Nvidia, Cisco, Benchmark, EQT, and other investors; Nvidia invested approximately $25 million. The funds will be used to expand satellite manufacturing facilities and advance the R&D of the next-generation orbital data center satellite, Starcloud-3. Starcloud stated that it is already operating an Nvidia H100 data center GPU in orbit and has completed model training based on the chip; meanwhile, it is collaborating with Nvidia to provide test data for the upcoming Vera Rubin Space-1 GPU, which is designed for space environments. CEO Philip Johnston previously stated that the company plans to explore space Bitcoin mining.
Goldman Sachs: Data Center Power Scramble Spurs 50GWh Energy Storage Growth, FLNC Secures Exclusive NVIDIA Deal
According to TechFlow Research, Goldman Sachs' July 16 energy storage report pointed out that electricity demand from data centers is surging, traditional grid expansion requires four to eight years, and energy storage has become the fastest solution with a 12 to 18-month deployment cycle. Goldman Sachs estimates that by 2030, behind-the-meter energy storage opportunities in the US will bring about 50GWh of increment, plus 11GWh from 800V DC data centers, total US energy storage deployment will reach 172GWh, significantly upwardly revised from the previous 112GWh. Globally, annual energy storage installations are expected to reach 2100GWh by 2040. Goldman Sachs believes energy storage is transitioning from renewable energy supporting equipment to a necessity for AI infrastructure, which will change the industry valuation logic. In terms of targets, FLNC (Buy) secured exclusive battery partner qualification for Nvidia DSX Vera Rubin, data center pipeline projects reached 12GW, up 30% sequentially; CATL (Buy) has about 30% global energy storage market share, already used in Shanghai SenseTime data center; Tesla (Neutral) 2025 energy storage deployment 46.7GWh, energy business 2028 estimated revenue 29 billion USD; Energy Vault (Neutral) received 6x EV/EBITDA valuation; LGES (Buy) North America ESS capacity expected to reach 50GWh by end of 2026. Canadian Solar, Ford, Samsung SDI, Shoals, Sungrow are also worth watching. Goldman Sachs emphasizes the need to distinguish those with real order support
Bank of America: NVIDIA's Lowest Valuation in Seven Years, Reiterates Buy Rating with $350 Price Target
According to TechFlow Research, Bank of America reaffirmed its Buy rating for NVIDIA in a July 7 research report, with a price target of $350 versus the current $195.55, implying 79% upside. NVIDIA is currently trading at 15.7x expected 2027 P/E ratio, the lowest in seven years, representing a 30-35% discount to tech peers. BofA believes the market has overestimated risks such as HBM cost pressure and custom ASIC competition. Vera Rubin inference performance per watt is 10x higher than Blackwell, and gross margin is expected to remain at 75%. NVIDIA's sales to hyperscale customers increased 115% year-over-year, nearly twice the growth rate of cloud capex. Crowded positioning and $65 billion in ecosystem investment are risks but have been priced into the valuation.
Goldman Sachs Bullish on AI Infrastructure, June Trading Near $7 Billion, SMCI Order Backlog $39 Billion
According to TechFlow Research, Goldman Sachs' June 30 AI Project Pulse Monthly Report shows that 7 major transactions tracked in June totaled nearly $7 billion. Argentum AI signed a $4.1 billion contract to deploy 27,000 GB300 GPUs for a leading AI company, supported by a 300MW Poland data center, going online in phases in 2026; India's Yotta Sovereign Cloud procured $2 billion worth of 20,736 B300s and 5,120 B200s, subsequently expanding to six Southeast Asian countries. Crypto mining farm AiOnX acquired 77% equity of Genesis Digital Assets for $500 million, converting 1.3GW of power from 15 mining farms to AI computing power. CoreWeave and Dell built the world's first fully validated Vera Rubin NVL72 rack, with 72 Rubin GPUs plus 36 Vera CPUs; NVDA confirmed mass production in the second half of 2026. SMCI raised $7 billion to address approximately $39 billion in backlog orders, covering more than 20 clients, with funds used to lock in upstream components in advance. Goldman Sachs simultaneously raised its global server market size forecast.
Microsoft Expands AI Partnership with Mistral, Signs Multi-Billion Dollar European AI Infrastructure Agreement
Odaily, July 21 - Microsoft and French AI startup Mistral AI announced an expansion of their strategic partnership on July 21, signing a multi-billion dollar agreement centered on European AI infrastructure to enhance AI computing capabilities in the region. Under the agreement, Microsoft will leverage Mistral's expanded European GPU infrastructure to support its cloud computing and AI services. This infrastructure will be based on thousands of Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs.In terms of products, the Mistral Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 models are now available on the Microsoft Foundry platform, and Mistral Medium 3.5 has also been integrated into Microsoft Copilot Studio for agent applications, document processing workflows, and industry-customized workflows. Additionally, the two parties will expand AI deployment options through Azure and Azure Local, supporting cloud, cloud-connected, and fully offline environments, targeting industries with high data compliance requirements such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Sources: NVIDIA plans to pitch Vera AI CPU to Chinese clients, some cloud providers eyeing test deployment
sources say NVIDIA has begun pitching its first independent central processing unit (CPU) product, Vera, to Chinese clients. Designed specifically for Agentic AI systems, the chip has entered mass production, marking NVIDIA's attempt to further expand its presence in the Chinese market with a CPU offering.According to sources, some Chinese clients have already shown interest in Vera. One major Chinese cloud computing company plans to procure over 300 servers equipped with dual Vera CPUs for testing, and will decide whether to expand procurement after the tests are completed.Built on the Arm Holdings architecture, Vera is NVIDIA's first independent CPU product. NVIDIA has previously stated that Vera's performance in AI agent-related computing tasks is 1.8 times that of comparable competitor products, and expects the product to contribute approximately $20 billion in revenue by the end of this fiscal year (ending January next year).The report notes that as the AI industry's focus gradually shifts from model training to inference computing, CPUs and custom chips are gaining more attention. Vera also positions NVIDIA to directly compete with Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which have long dominated the server CPU market.Sources indicate that due to strict U.S. export restrictions on high-end GPUs, CPUs face relatively smaller regulatory hurdles in the Chinese market compared to GPU products. Currently, some Chinese clients plan to first deploy Vera chips for testing in overseas data centers. Meanwhile, software ecosystem compatibility and existing domestic AI chip deployment frameworks may still impact the subsequent large-scale adoption of Vera. (Reuters)
Nvidia Earnings Preview: Q2 Revenue Expected to Nearly Double to $92.17 Billion, Market Focus on AI Chip Demand and Supply Chain Pressures
Odaily News Nvidia will release its fiscal 2026 second-quarter earnings after the U.S. market close. According to analyst estimates compiled by LSEG, the company's quarterly earnings per share are expected to be $2.10, with revenue projected to reach $92.17 billion.The market expects Nvidia's revenue to nearly double from $46.7 billion in the same period last year, continuing the rapid growth driven by the wave of artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. As a core supplier of AI computing power, Nvidia's GPUs are widely used to train and run advanced AI models, and the company is also involved in advancing the construction of next-generation AI data centers through financing support and other means.However, after nearly three years of significant gains, investor expectations for Nvidia have become more cautious. As of Tuesday's close, Nvidia has risen approximately 14% year-to-date, slightly outperforming the Nasdaq index. Market concerns include competitive pressure from rivals such as AMD and Google, as well as rising costs stemming from the global memory chip shortage.Currently, Nvidia is in a new product cycle, with its latest Vera Rubin AI system already being delivered to customers including Microsoft and OpenAI. Investors will focus on sales progress and supply conditions for the Rubin and Blackwell chip families, as well as the company's outlook for future AI computing power demand.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has previously stated that he expects the current product cycle based on the Blackwell and Vera Rubin architectures to generate cumulative sales of $1 trillion by 2027. The company will hold its earnings conference call at 5:00 PM ET. (CNBC)
Foxconn Q2 Net Profit Up 35% YoY, AI Server Revenue Share Surpasses 50% for First Time
According to The Straits Times, Taiwan Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) announced its Q2 financial report on August 12, with net profit increasing 35% year-on-year to NT$59.97 billion (approximately SGD 2.38 billion), exceeding analysts' expectations of NT$58.8 billion. Specifically, revenue from cloud and networking products (including AI servers) accounted for 51%, breaking through 50% for the first time, while smart consumer electronics (including iPhone) accounted for 29%. Rotating CEO Shang-Yi Chiang stated that AI-related business will continue to grow in Q3, and coupled with the peak season effect of ICT products, significant quarter-on-quarter growth is expected. Nvidia's new generation Vera Rubin AI server racks will enter preparation for mass production in Q3 and start shipping from Q4, expected to become Foxconn's core product next year. In addition, Foxconn expects capital expenditure in 2026 to increase 30% year-on-year, and will continue to expand AI server and electric vehicle manufacturing capacity in India, Mexico, and Texas, USA. The company's stock price has risen 17% year-to-date, closing up 2.7% for the day.
Optimistic about HBM4 pricing in 2027, Bernstein expects HBM price to rise to $53 per GB
Odaily, Citrini analyst jukan posted on platform X, revealing that Bernstein is very optimistic about the pricing of HBM4 in 2027, anticipating that the price will rise to $53 per GB when Vera Rubin achieves volume shipments.
Firmus Signs Multi-Year Data Center Agreement with OpenAI, Malaysia Computing Capacity Exceeds 900 Megawatts
According to The Straits Times, Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus announced a multi-year agreement with OpenAI to supply computing power from two data centers in Malaysia, establishing OpenAI as Firmus's anchor customer. Following the signing of the agreement, Firmus's contracted capacity across its global client portfolio has exceeded 900 megawatts. Backed by institutional investors including Nvidia, Jane Street, Blackstone, and Coatue Management, Firmus holds a recent valuation of over $10.5 billion. The company currently operates data centers in Australia and Singapore, with five additional facilities under development across the Asia-Pacific region. It plans to deploy Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin processors at scale in the Asia-Pacific.
Nscale reaches strategic partnerships exceeding $6 billion, with potential deployment of 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs
AI computing company Nscale has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Figure, expanding the scale to over $6 billion. The deal represents the potential to deploy up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform GPUs.
Nvidia Earnings Preview: Q2 Revenue Expected to Nearly Double to $92.17 Billion, Market Focus on AI Chip Demand and Supply Chain Pressures
Odaily News Nvidia will release its fiscal 2026 second-quarter earnings after the U.S. market close. According to analyst estimates compiled by LSEG, the company's quarterly earnings per share are expected to be $2.10, with revenue projected to reach $92.17 billion.The market expects Nvidia's revenue to nearly double from $46.7 billion in the same period last year, continuing the rapid growth driven by the wave of artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. As a core supplier of AI computing power, Nvidia's GPUs are widely used to train and run advanced AI models, and the company is also involved in advancing the construction of next-generation AI data centers through financing support and other means.However, after nearly three years of significant gains, investor expectations for Nvidia have become more cautious. As of Tuesday's close, Nvidia has risen approximately 14% year-to-date, slightly outperforming the Nasdaq index. Market concerns include competitive pressure from rivals such as AMD and Google, as well as rising costs stemming from the global memory chip shortage.Currently, Nvidia is in a new product cycle, with its latest Vera Rubin AI system already being delivered to customers including Microsoft and OpenAI. Investors will focus on sales progress and supply conditions for the Rubin and Blackwell chip families, as well as the company's outlook for future AI computing power demand.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has previously stated that he expects the current product cycle based on the Blackwell and Vera Rubin architectures to generate cumulative sales of $1 trillion by 2027. The company will hold its earnings conference call at 5:00 PM ET. (CNBC)
SpaceXAI will deploy the NVIDIA Vera CPU and plans to extend the Vera Rubin architecture to space AI computing.
According to official NVIDIA announcements, SpaceXAI will deploy NVIDIA Vera CPU to accelerate next-generation Agentic AI applications and further expand the AI infrastructure supporting Grok. SpaceXAI plans to adopt the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform to scale compute capacity to the gigawatt level.
Musk: SpaceX Will Dominate the AI Computing Power Race Thanks to Rocket Scientists' Engineering Advantage
According to Fortune magazine, Musk stated on the earnings call following SpaceX's initial public listing that SpaceX, leveraging the engineering advantages of rocket scientists, will dominate the AI computing power competition, comparing it to "the New York Yankees versus a minor league team." SpaceX's Q2 AI revenue reached $2.6 billion, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 213%, with capital expenditures reaching $18.4 billion. The company has signed $14.1 billion in cloud service contracts, with clients including Anthropic and Google, and announced it will fully adopt the NVIDIA Vera Rubin architecture, targeting 20 gigawatts of computing power deployment by the end of 2027.
SpaceX to Exclusively Adopt NVIDIA AI Computing Architecture, Plans Space-Based Data Centers
Odaily News: At the company's first earnings call, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated that SpaceX's AI services will run "exclusively" on NVIDIA systems in the future.Musk noted that the company considers NVIDIA's Vera Rubin architecture to be the "best AI computing architecture." SpaceX expects its computing capacity to exceed 2 gigawatts (GW) by the end of this year, with plans to increase it to nearly 10 gigawatts by the end of next year.Additionally, SpaceX plans to deploy NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale systems both on the ground and in space, using them for the "Starmind" satellite project, with related satellites expected to begin launching next year.
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Firmus Signs Multi-Year Data Center Agreement with OpenAI, Malaysia Computing Capacity Exceeds 900 Megawatts
According to The Straits Times, Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus announced a multi-year agreement with OpenAI to supply computing power from two data centers in Malaysia, establishing OpenAI as Firmus's anchor customer. Following the signing of the agreement, Firmus's contracted capacity across its global client portfolio has exceeded 900 megawatts. Backed by institutional investors including Nvidia, Jane Street, Blackstone, and Coatue Management, Firmus holds a recent valuation of over $10.5 billion. The company currently operates data centers in Australia and Singapore, with five additional facilities under development across the Asia-Pacific region. It plans to deploy Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin processors at scale in the Asia-Pacific.
Nscale reaches strategic partnerships exceeding $6 billion, with potential deployment of 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs
AI computing company Nscale has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Figure, expanding the scale to over $6 billion. The deal represents the potential to deploy up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform GPUs.
Anthropic and Nscale Sign $45 Billion AI Compute Agreement
According to TechCrunch, Anthropic has reached an agreement with UK-based AI infrastructure company Nscale to lease approximately $45 billion in AI compute capacity over the next six years. Nscale plans to provide this compute power to Anthropic through its flagship data center in West Virginia, utilizing NVIDIA's next-generation Vera Rubin chip systems, with services expected to begin in the second half of 2027.
NVIDIA Q2 Revenue Doubles Year-Over-Year to $96.2 Billion, Q3 Guidance at $108 Billion
According to Nvidia's official announcement, for the second quarter of fiscal year 2027 (ending July 26, 2026), the company reported revenue of $96.221 billion, up 18% quarter-over-quarter and 106% year-over-year, with data center revenue reaching $89.0 billion, reflecting increases of 18% and 117% respectively. GAAP net income was $59.688 billion, up 126% year-over-year, with diluted earnings per share at $2.46. Looking ahead to the next quarter, Nvidia expects revenue in the third quarter of fiscal year 2027 to reach $108.0 billion, plus or minus 2%. This guidance excludes data center computing revenue from China. The company also disclosed that it returned approximately $26.0 billion to shareholders through stock repurchases and cash dividends this quarter, leaving approximately $99.0 billion remaining under its authorized share repurchase program. On the business front, Nvidia stated that the Vera Rubin platform has entered full mass production, and announced partnerships with institutions including Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR, aiming to mobilize over $500.0 billion in third-party capital for long-term AI infrastructure development.
Nvidia Q2 Revenue Reaches $96.2 Billion, Expected to Break $100 Billion for First Time Next Quarter
Odaily News Chip design company Nvidia reported fiscal 2027 second-quarter results, with revenue of $96.221 billion, more than doubling year-over-year, exceeding both the company's prior guidance of $91 billion and market expectations of $92 billion by more than $4 billion. Operating profit was $63.734 billion, more than doubling year-over-year.Data center revenue reached $89 billion, up 18% year-over-year, accounting for 92.5% of total revenue. Among this, Hyperscale business revenue was $48.7 billion, while ACIE business revenue was $40.3 billion. Nvidia stated that Blackwell Ultra GB300 has begun shipping, and revenue related to the Chinese market, including H200, accounts for less than 1%.Nvidia expects fiscal 2027 third-quarter revenue to reach $108 billion, up approximately 12% quarter-over-quarter, marking the first time quarterly revenue will surpass $100 billion. CEO Jensen Huang stated that AI infrastructure construction is advancing at full speed, and AI GPU systems based on Vera Rubin have entered full production stage. (ZDNet)
Nvidia Earnings Preview: Q2 Revenue Expected to Nearly Double to $92.17 Billion, Market Focus on AI Chip Demand and Supply Chain Pressures
Odaily News Nvidia will release its fiscal 2026 second-quarter earnings after the U.S. market close. According to analyst estimates compiled by LSEG, the company's quarterly earnings per share are expected to be $2.10, with revenue projected to reach $92.17 billion.The market expects Nvidia's revenue to nearly double from $46.7 billion in the same period last year, continuing the rapid growth driven by the wave of artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. As a core supplier of AI computing power, Nvidia's GPUs are widely used to train and run advanced AI models, and the company is also involved in advancing the construction of next-generation AI data centers through financing support and other means.However, after nearly three years of significant gains, investor expectations for Nvidia have become more cautious. As of Tuesday's close, Nvidia has risen approximately 14% year-to-date, slightly outperforming the Nasdaq index. Market concerns include competitive pressure from rivals such as AMD and Google, as well as rising costs stemming from the global memory chip shortage.Currently, Nvidia is in a new product cycle, with its latest Vera Rubin AI system already being delivered to customers including Microsoft and OpenAI. Investors will focus on sales progress and supply conditions for the Rubin and Blackwell chip families, as well as the company's outlook for future AI computing power demand.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has previously stated that he expects the current product cycle based on the Blackwell and Vera Rubin architectures to generate cumulative sales of $1 trillion by 2027. The company will hold its earnings conference call at 5:00 PM ET. (CNBC)