SoftBank

It has been building one of the largest private technology investment programmes in the world, with a particular focus on AI and related infrastructure

The investment firm funds digital infrastructure sectors such as data centres, cell towers, fibre networks and others

[NEW YORK/TOKYO/SAN FRANCISCO] SoftBank Group is racing to close a US$22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end through an array of cash-raising schemes, including a sale of some investmen...

Acquiring Switch would allow SoftBank to own a large portfolio of data centres outright

[TOKYO] SoftBank is in talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group, a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centres, as it seeks to take advantage of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ...

It will train about 1,400 high-level chip design specialists to bolster the relatively weak system-semiconductor and fabless segments

The company needs to raise capital to fund projects including data centre construction

Japanese tech investor leads AI selloff amid concerns over new pressure on OpenAI after Gemini 3.0 debut

The Japanese tech investor needs the proceeds for initiatives including the US$500 billion Stargate project to expand US data-centre capacity