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Oracle sends force majeure notice on its New Mexico Stargate data center

Oracle has sent a force majeure notice to the developer of Project Jupiter, a Stargate data center campus in New Mexico, Bloomberg first reported Thursday.

Force majeure clauses, common in energy and commodities contracts, excuse a party from contractual obligations when events outside its control get in the way. Oracle is not seeking to exit as the campus’s main tenant, according to Bloomberg’s sources. Instead, the notice would allow the company to delay payments should the facility miss its 2028 target to come online.

The notice also comes as AI data center construction faces growing scrutiny nationally, and as developers take on steep costs to build capacity for customers like OpenAI.

Oracle maintains that it does not expect a delay. “Project Jupiter remains on our planned schedule,” Oracle said in a statement to CNBC. “We are fully committed to New Mexico and confident in our path forward.”

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Proxy adviser Glass Lewis merges with Clarity AI to expand in Europe

Proxy adviser Glass Lewis has combined with Clarity AI, which sells sustainability data and AI analytics. The two firms announced the deal on Thursday. The deal closed on 23 September, and no financial details were disclosed. The combined company will make Madrid its global centre for sustainability, data and AI

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Island raises $400m at a $6.4bn valuation to govern AI agents

Island, the Dallas company behind the Enterprise Browser, has raised $400m in a Series F round. The deal values it at $6.4bn, Island announced on Thursday. Evolution Equity Partners led the round. In March 2025, Island raised $250m in a Series E led by Coatue, at a $4.8bn

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Liquid AI puts a personal context layer for AI agents on Snapdragon chips

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AI shopping passes 50% of US consumers for the first time, NIQ says

Some 51% of US consumers used at least one AI tool to help them shop in the past month, according to new figures from NIQ. It is the first time the share has passed 50% in the market research firm’s Agentic Commerce Tracker. Use has grown steadily over the

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Proxy adviser Glass Lewis merges with Clarity AI to expand in Europe

Island raises $400m at a $6.4bn valuation to govern AI agents

Liquid AI puts a personal context layer for AI agents on Snapdragon chips

AI shopping passes 50% of US consumers for the first time, NIQ says