SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son abandons $50 billion Switch takeover in setback for US AI data centre plans

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has reportedly dropped plans to acquire US data centre operator Switch Inc after months of ...

SoftBank hits brakes on US$50bil US data centre deal

SoftBank Group Corp has halted talks about an acquisition of US data centre operator Switch Inc, a setback to founder ...
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SoftBank trims Vision Fund staff to double down on $500B AI bet

SoftBank Group is cutting 20% of Vision Fund jobs worldwide as founder Masayoshi Son moves money into big artificial intelligence projects, including a $500 billion U.S. data center plan with OpenAI.
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Trump Announces Stargate: Texas-Based Investment Combines AI Heavyweights

Three major business leaders—SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison—joined President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon at the White House to ...