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SoftBank bets on battery building to back bit barns

Tech investment giant wants batteries for its own AI datacenters, and lots of them

SoftBank is getting into the datacenter battery business andplans to start manufacturing them on the scale of gigawatt-hours per year of capacityto support the power needs of AI infrastructure, including its own.

The Japan-based tech investment biz says it aims to deploythe battery systems it is developing at its own large-scale AI server farms initially,but plans to make them more widely available in future.

It hopes to begin mass production in financial year 2027,and expects the operation to generate revenue of ¥100 billion (over $600 million)per year by 2030.

SoftBank is working with two South Korean firms thathave a track record in advanced battery-related technologies. One is Cosmos Lab, developer of zinc-halogen batteries that use purewater as an electrolyte, making them non-flammable, and the other is DeltaX,which designs and manufactures battery-based energy storage systems (BESS).

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SpaceX pitches itself as integrated interplanetary proto-monopolist in IPO filing

Aims for the stars while burning cash and blowing deadlines on Earth SpaceX has filed paperwork for its long-awaited initial public offering and made the argument that its unique combination of activities and “focus on extreme vertical integration” make it worthy of investors’ cash despite hefty losses. The company’s

Modernizing E-commerce in Europe with Advanced Technologies

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I gamed on Gigabyte’s high-end QD-OLED monitor and it made me wish the software was as good as the screen

Gigabyte’s MO27U2 has plenty going for it, with a fast, colorful UHD QD-OLED panel, useful gaming features and a sober design that works well for both work and play. However, it’s expensive and its mediocre HDR performance, awkward settings and barely functional companion app make it frustrating to

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Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?

At any given time, technology does two things to employment: It replaces traditional jobs, and it creates new lines of work. Machines replace farmers, but enable, say, aeronautical engineers to exist. So, if tech creates new jobs, who gets them? How well do they pay? How long do new jobs

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