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    Meta Compute (2026) Could Rent Spare AI GPUs—Is Meta Joining AWS Azure?

    Meta Platforms is reportedly preparing a cloud-computing service called Meta Compute in 2026 that would rent spare AI infrastructure, including high-end GPU capacity and possibly Meta-hosted models, to outside customers competing for scarce training and inference resources. The move would turn...
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    Meta AI Cloud Plans: Hosted Models and GPU Rental Threaten Hyperscalers

    Meta Platforms is developing plans for an AI cloud business that would sell outside customers access to computing power and hosted models, according to reporting published July 1, 2026, putting the Facebook parent on a collision course with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud...
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    Azure Surges 40% as AI Cloud Turns Into an Infrastructure Spending Knife Fight

    Microsoft reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 results on April 29, with Azure and other cloud services revenue up 40% year over year, while Alphabet’s Google Cloud reportedly accelerated faster, making the AI cloud race look less like a Microsoft coronation than a capital-spending knife fight...
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    Perplexity Bets Multicloud AI with Azure Foundry Deal

    Perplexity’s surprise $750 million commitment to Microsoft’s Azure Foundry marks a clear pivot in the tactics of a fast-growing AI startup: not an abandonment of Amazon Web Services, but a deliberate, high-stakes bet on multicloud flexibility and model diversity as the centrepiece of modern AI...