The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill aimed at making it easier to get federal permits to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence projects.The bill, known as the SPEED Act, is backed Big Tech giants such as OpenAI, Micron and Microsoft The bill cleared the House in a 221-196 vote, overcoming a conservative rebellion that nearly sank the legislation in a procedural vote earlier this week. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it is likely to be part of a larger conversation around ...

The "crypto miner" label is becoming a relic of the past for Hut 8 (HUT). In a move that signals a massive strategic shift, Hut 8 announced a $7 billion deal to build a data center complex in Louisiana for Anthropic (ANTH.PVT). The move effectively trades the volatility of bitcoin (BTC-USD) for the high-margin stability of AI infrastructure. "We think that the value of energy will continue to go up, and so for us, we [had] to be patient and figure out what was a fair deal that added value to our custome ...

PresentationSuzanne EnnisHead of Investor Relations [Audio Gap] Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8. So today, Hut 8 announced 2 major announcements. We announced an AI infrastructure partnership with Anthropic and Fluidstack, where Hut will develop at least 245 megawatts of infrastructure and up to 2.3 gigawatts of AI data center infrastructure for Anthropic, one of the leading AI labs who will be leveraging Fluidstack's clusters. We also announced the signing of a 15-year 245-megawatt AI data center lease at our R ...

The AI arms race is heating up, and its effects are starting to show up where investors actually care – on the Big Tech balance sheets.According to UBS, global AI capex is now expected to hit $423 billion in 2025, and $571 billion in 2026. By 2030, UBS expects spending to reach $1.3 trillion, implying a 25% compound annual growth rate.Those numbers aren't abstract anymore. They're turning into debt issuance, lease obligations, and quietly rising financial risk. The era of funding AI infrastructure with exce ...

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Cisco Systems (NasdaqGS:CSCO) FY 2025 Annual General Meeting December 16, 2025 11:00 AM ET Company ParticipantsStefan Padfield - Executive Director of Free Enterprise ProjectSami Badri - Head of Investor RelationsEvan Sloves - SecretaryChuck Robbins - Chair and CEOSami BadriGood morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Cisco's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This is Sami Badri, Head of Investor Relations, and I'm joined by Chuck Robbins, our Chair and CEO, and Evan Sloves, Secretary of the Company. Th ...

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Dec. 15, 2025.U.S. stocks of late have been shaky as investors turn away from artificial intelligence shares, especially those related to AI infrastructure, such as Oracle, Broadcom and CoreWeave. The worry is that those companies are running into high levels of debt to finance their multibillion-dollar deals.Oracle, for instance, said Wednesday it would need to raise capital expenditure by an additional $15 billion for its cur ...

Despite exceeding earnings expectations, Broadcom (AVGO)  and Oracle (ORCL)  stock have now fallen more than 15% since their much-anticipated quarterly results last week.The selloff comes as investors have been spooked by rising costs, margin pressures, and concerns about their AI-related spending, although these tech giants have solid balance sheets. While both companies are deeply tied to AI infrastructure, which has been the hottest trade of the year, the market is now scrutinizing whether their increase ...

India is drawing fresh attention from global fund managers looking to diversify equity investments in the coming year as worries over an AI bubble mount. Aberdeen Group Plc sees Indian stocks staging a rebound next year, while Principal Asset Management Co. and Eastspring Investments view the market’s low correlation with AI trade as a hedge against global equities which have a huge concentration of tech. Strategists at HSBC Holdings Plc and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. expressed similar views.  With the ...

In addition, Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said, "I would prefer for the Fed to be on a slightly more restrictive stance to help continue to put pressure" on the inflation side of its mandate.Hawkish Fed comments on Friday pushed T-note yields higher and undercut stocks. The 10-year T-note yield rose about +3 bp after Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee, who voted against a Fed rate cut on Wednesday, said, "Given that inflation has been above our target for 4.5 years, further progress on it has bee ...