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BROOKFIELD, NEXTERA BUILD $100B AI DATA CENTER IN KENTUCKY

Brookfield and NextEra Energy are partnering to develop a $100 billion AI data center campus with over 1.2 gigawatts of capacity at a former Department of Energy uranium-enrichment site in Paducah, Kentucky. The facility is scheduled to open in 2032.

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Brookfield and NextEra partner to develop a $100B, 1.2GW+ AI data center campus at a former DOE uranium-enrichment site in Kentucky, set to open in 2032 (Robb M. Stewart/Wall Street Journal)

Robb M. Stewart / Wall Street Journal: Brookfield and NextEra partner to develop a $100B, 1.2GW+ AI data center campus a…

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The EU formally launches a bidding process to develop AI Gigafactories, expecting to unlock ~€30B of investment, closing on November 12 with awards in July 2027 (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)

Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal: The EU formally launches a bidding process to develop AI Gigafactories, expecting t…

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Intercontinental Exchange agrees to acquire electronic fixed-income trading platform MarketAxess for ~$6B in cash, a 33% premium, set to close in H1 2027 (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)

Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: Intercontinental Exchange agrees to acquire electronic fixed-income trading pl…

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Sources: a group of banks is in talks to lend $15B to Nexus to build a Texas data center; Anthropic will lease it and Google has provided financial guarantees (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)

Anissa Gardizy / Wall Street Journal: Sources: a group of banks is in talks to lend $15B to Nexus to build a Texas data…

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Roblox reports Q2 bookings up 8% YoY to $1.56B, vs. $1.6B est., DAUs up 10% to 123M, forecasts Q3 bookings and revenue below est.; RBLX drops 13%+ after hours (Kelly Cloonan/Wall Street Journal)

Kelly Cloonan / Wall Street Journal: Roblox reports Q2 bookings up 8% YoY to $1.56B, vs. $1.6B est., DAUs up 10% to 123M…

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Anthropic says the models that breached three companies include Opus 4.7, Mythos 5, and an unnamed research model, and the earliest incidents date back to April (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: Anthropic says the models that breached three companies include Opus 4.7, Mythos…

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Sources: Tesla execs were told to prepare for a separation of its China unit ahead of a potential SpaceX merger; advisers weighed a sale, spinoff, or closure (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Tesla execs were told to prepare for a separation of its China unit ahead of a potential S…

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Sources: the Trump admin is weighing a $100K fee for foreign students seeking to work in the US after graduation; a judge blocked Trump's $100K H-1B fee in June (Michelle Hackman/Wall Street Journal)

Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal: Sources: the Trump admin is weighing a $100K fee for foreign students seeking to…

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OpenAI says its models now have more than 1B active users and are used by more than 2M businesses (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)

Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: OpenAI says its models now have more than 1B active users and are used by more…

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FBI and EPA say water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states reported cyberattacks this week, with some causing flooding and other operational issues (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal)

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal: FBI and EPA say water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states reported cyb…

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Malaysia shuts down Network School, Balaji Srinivasan's techno-utopian project, over licensing issues; Srinivasan says he is opening a new campus in Kazakhstan (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Malaysia shuts down Network School, Balaji Srinivasan's techno-utopian project, over licensing issu…

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A profile of Jacob Tsimerman, who won the Fields Medal last week and is taking a leave from the University of Toronto to join OpenAI and work on AI safety (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Jacob Tsimerman, who won the Fields Medal last week and is taking a leave…

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Researchers used AI-assisted code to undetectably tamper with data from computerized scans of physical DNA evidence produced by widely used crime-lab machines (Mariah Timms/Wall Street Journal)

Mariah Timms / Wall Street Journal: Researchers used AI-assisted code to undetectably tamper with data from computerized…

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A look at the US open-weight AI model ecosystem, as VCs question the revenue potential of open-weight startups like Arcee, Reflection AI, and Poolside (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A look at the US open-weight AI model ecosystem, as VCs question the revenue potential of open-weig…

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Visa plans to acquire Israeli company BioCatch, which uses AI to detect fraud and distinguish legitimate users from attackers in real time, for $2.4B in cash (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)

Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: Visa plans to acquire Israeli company BioCatch, which uses AI to detect fraud…

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Sources: to fight critics on social media, DHS sent platforms hundreds of subpoenas and asked posters to sign letters saying speech about ICE "may" be a crime (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: to fight critics on social media, DHS sent platforms hundreds of subpoenas and asked poste…

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SpaceX says its Q2 capex was $18.4B, up from $2.8B a year ago, including $15.8B for AI (Micah Maidenberg/Wall Street Journal)

Micah Maidenberg / Wall Street Journal: SpaceX says its Q2 capex was $18.4B, up from $2.8B a year ago, including $15.8B…

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A profile of livestream shopping app Whatnot, which added 20M accounts in 2025, facilitated the sale of ~$8B in goods, and is set for $1B+ in revenue in 2026 (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A profile of livestream shopping app Whatnot, which added 20M accounts in 2025, facilitated the sal…

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FanDuel parent Flutter says CEO Peter Jackson is stepping down, replaced by President Dan Taylor, and reports a lower profit outlook as its US business falters (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: FanDuel parent Flutter says CEO Peter Jackson is stepping down, replaced by President Dan Taylor, a…

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