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Meta inks deal to pay Corning up to $6 billion for fiber-optic cables in AI data centers
As Meta tries to rapidly construct massive data centers to keep pace with the artificial intelligence craze, it’s turning to a 175-year-old glass manufacturer for help. Meta has committed to paying Corning up to $6 billion through 2030 for fiber-optic cable in its AI data centers, Corning CEO Wendell Weeks told CNBC in an exclusive […]
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Tech’s massive AI spend is under scrutiny ahead of earnings. Here’s what to watch
From left, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms; Lauren Sanchez; Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet; and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, during the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Bloomberg | Getty Images If 2025 was the year […]
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S&P 500 futures rise ahead of this week’s Big Tech earnings: Live updates
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 26, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters S&P 500 futures ticked higher on Tuesday morning after the major averages started the busy earnings week on a positive note. Investors are also waiting for the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: India forges a trade deal with the EU — as Trump doubles down on tariff playbook
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) poses for a photograph with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) and European Council President Antonio Costa in New Delhi, India, on January 27, 2026. Sajjad Hussain | Afp | Getty Images When the most populous nation on Earth forges a trade deal with a bloc that […]
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Chinese tech giant Tencent plots Middle East cloud expansion as spending in the region booms
The Tencent logo is displayed on the exterior of a building at the company’s headquarters, with a surveillance camera visible in the foreground, on November 30, 2024, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tencent plans to expand its data center footprint in the Middle East, a top […]
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Big Tech’s AI data center push is spawning a new heat economy
Students at a tech university in Dublin are enjoying an unexpected perk of artificial intelligence — it’s helping heat their campus. Since 2023, the Technical University of Dublin’s Tallaght campus has been one of a growing number of buildings in the southwest suburban area of the city to be heated by waste heat from a […]
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Microsoft’s plans for 15 more data centers win approval at former Wisconsin Foxconn site
The Microsoft data center campus, currently under construction, is reflected in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, September 18, 2025. Audrey Richardson | Reuters Local officials have signed off on Microsoft’s plans to build 15 more data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, near an existing site that the technology company is expanding. Additional data center capacity will allow […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump turns tariff pressure back on South Korea — but markets are focused on Big Tech earnings
A view from an observatory in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Jean Chung | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has been using tariffs in creative ways: to stop drug trafficking (ostensibly), to preserve national security aims (purportedly) and, now, to hasten the legislative process in another country. Trump on […]
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Tech’s top CEOs mum after Minneapolis killings, while leaders like Reid Hoffman, Yann LeCun speak out
Demonstrators gather on Michigan Avenue during a heavy snowstorm to protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Chicago, US on January 25, 2026. Jacek Boczarski | Anadolu | Getty Images Some tech leaders are beginning to speak out after the shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in […]
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Meta, Microsoft and Apple to report earnings. What the charts show, according to Katie Stockton
Megacap earnings kick off this week and are especially important for the major indices, given the ” Magnificent 7 ” account for roughly a third of the S & P 500 Index . From a technical perspective, we focus on their setups heading into the earnings prints to assess whether the probabilities favor positive or […]
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