Elon Musk’s xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center

Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI, which merged with SpaceX last week, is facing increased pressure from environmental and civil rights groups over pollution concerns, this time at the company’s facility in Southaven, Mississippi. On Friday, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, on behalf of the NAACP, sent a notice … Read more

Tech IPO hype gets drowned out on Wall Street by prospect of $1 trillion in debt sales

Magnificent 7 tech stocks on display at the Nasdaq. Adam Jeffery | CNBC While the prospect of a SpaceX initial public offering and the hopeful listings from OpenAI and Anthropic have juiced IPO excitement on Wall Street, the current action in tech capital markets has nothing to do with equity. Rather, it’s all about debt. … Read more

Cisco’s stock drops 7% on mediocre forecast even as earnings and revenue top estimates

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins appears at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cisco reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the stock dropped about 7% in extended trading as earnings guidance for the current period only met estimates. Here’s how the company did … Read more

Europe’s answer to OpenAI announces billion-dollar AI infrastructure push in Sweden

French AI startup Mistral said on Wednesday it will invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.43 billion) into digital infrastructure in Sweden, including AI data centers. The announcement comes as Europe scrambles to build out the infrastructure needed to power rapidly developing AI tools, as it seeks to build tech sovereignty amid rising geopolitical tensions. The funds … Read more

Salesforce employees call on CEO Benioff to cancel ICE ‘opportunities’

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff participates in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026. Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Over 1,400 Salesforce employees have signed a letter calling on CEO Marc Benioff to drop potential business with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, two people … Read more

Tech AI spending may approach $700 billion this year, but the blow to cash raises red flags

The Google Midlothian Data Center in Texas, Nov. 14, 2025. Ron Jenkins | Getty Images Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon are expected to spend nearly $700 billion combined this year to fuel their AI build-outs. For investors who love cash above all else, some warning signs may be flashing. With the heart of tech earnings … Read more

Nvidia shares rise 8% as Jensen Huang says $660 billion capex buildout is sustainable

The tech industry’s surging capital expenditures for AI infrastructure are justified, appropriate and sustainable, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” “The reason for that is because all of these companies’ cash flows are going to start rising,” Huang said. Nvidia shares closed up nearly 8% on Friday. Huang’s comments come after … Read more

Amazon stock falls 10% on $200 billion spending forecast, earnings miss

Amazon shares plunged more than 10% in extended trading Thursday after the company posted mixed fourth-quarter earnings, and boosted its full-year spending forecast to $200 billion. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.95 vs. $1.97 estimated Revenue: $213.39 billion vs. $211.33 billion estimated Wall Street … Read more

Oracle rises after company announces $50 billion fundraising plans. Here’s what’s happening

Data center giant Oracle‘s stock rose 2% in Monday morning trading, after the company announced plans to raise up to $50 billion to develop additional capacity for customers. Hyperscalers have scrambled to build the infrastructure needed to power AI, with data center deals hitting a record $61 billion in 2025 and multiple big tech firms … Read more

Bitcoin is under pressure after a brutal week. Here’s why

Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin extended losses on Monday as the world’s biggest cryptocurrency fell below $80,000 for the first time since April 2025. Bitcoin was trading at $77,494.65 at 05:43 a.m. ET on Monday, according to CoinMetrics. Bitcoin fell as low as $74,876 but later pared some of the losses. The … Read more