Why xAI builds its own data centers

The Information’s Cory Weinberg joins TITV Host Akash Pasricha to discuss Uber’s potential acquisition of parking app SpotHero. We also talk with Elon Musk Reporter Theo Wayt about xAI’s massive third data center expansion in Memphis and Creative Strategies’ Austin Lyons about which photonics startups NVIDIA might target for M&A in 2026. Finally, we get into Oracle’s potential "chip-backed" securities and Brookfield’s new cloud company, Radiant, with AI & Finance Reporter Miles Kruppa.

Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/uber-considers-deal-parking-app-spothero

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/brookfield-start-cloud-business-lower-cost-ai

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/elon-musks-xai-buys-building-third-supersized-data-center

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