Bezos leads $6.2B AI venture, Microsoft Azure deal, and more.

This week’s standout global investment/M&A news: ◾ Jeff Bezos steps in as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new AI venture already stacked with $6.2B to reinvent engineering and manufacturing at scale. ◾ Anthropic locks in a $30B compute commitment with Microsoft Azure, securing up to 1GW of extra capacity alongside a deepened partnership with Microsoft and Nvidia. ◾ GlobalFoundries acquires Advanced Micro Foundry (Singapore), positioning itself as the world’s largest silicon photonics maker, a major swing for AI data centre networks. ◾ Vertiv snaps up PurgeRite for $1B, doubling down on next-gen data centre cooling with a deal priced at ~10x expected 2026 EBITDA. HICL + TRIG propose a £5.3B merger, set to create the UK’s largest listed infrastructure investment company. ◾ Firmus Technologies’ valuation rockets to $6B, after a fresh $500M raise and unveiling its $73.3B Project Southgate - AI data centre expansion across Australia. ◾ Legence acquires Bowers for $475M, picking up $1.3B in existing data centre contracts in a high-impact strategic move. Another week, another wave of bold moves reshaping the data centre and AI infrastructure landscape🚀 If you think this sector is slowing down… you’re not paying attention. This is what momentum looks like. #datacenterinvestment #datacenternews