Why Alphabet Just Paid $4.75 Billion for Intersect -- and What It Means for the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Then on Dec. 22, Alphabet announced a definitive agreement to acquire Intersect, a provider of data center and energy ...

Alphabet set to buy data center, energy infrastructure developer Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash

Alphabet framed the deal as part of a broader push to expand reliable energy supply for data centers without pushing grid ...

Alphabet buys data center energy provider Intersect for $4.75B to power cloud, AI ops

Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) is buying data center and energy infrastructure solutions company Intersect for $4.75B, the Google ...
Assembly Magazine

Nissan Ramps Up Assembly of Next-Generation Leaf EV

SUNDERLAND, England—Nissan is assembling the third-generation Leaf electric vehicle at its factory here. The return of the car that pioneered mass EV production more than a decade ago is part of the ...
TechCrunch

Alphabet to buy Intersect Power to bypass energy grid bottlenecks

Google parent Alphabet has agreed to buy Intersect Power, a data center and clean energy developer, for $4.75 billion in cash, plus the assumption of the company’s debt. The acquisition, which was ...
Men's Journal

New Report Reveals Final Verdict on Brad Pitt’s Rumored Role in ‘The Batman Part 2′

Will the A-list star face off against Robert Pattinson? A new report has cleared the air regarding Brad Pitt’s rumored villain role in ‘The Batman Part II’. Brad Pitt will not appear as a villain in ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Alphabet to Buy Data Center Partner Intersect for $4.75 Billion

Alphabet Inc. has agreed to buy clean energy developer Intersect Power LLC for $4.75 billion in cash, plus existing debt, marking one of the largest deals by the tech giant to dramatically expand its ...
The Courier-Journal

Ford LAP to close for 'extended period' as it prepares for new EV line

The Ford Louisville Assembly Plant is temporarily shutting down to retool for electric vehicle production. Ford is investing $2 billion to transition the plant, which will stop making the Ford Escape ...
Network World

Google agrees to acquire infrastructure builder Intersect to accelerate capacity development

Google will work with Intersect to explore emerging technologies and increase and diversify energy supply, the tech giant says.
PlasticsToday

AI and Resilience to Redefine Manufacturing in 2026

Fictiv combines AI tools with precision welding and assembly to cut prototype-to-production time for complex manufacturing ...
The New York Times

At Rome’s New Stations, Peruse Ancient Relics While Catching a Train

Part station, part museum, two new subway stops in Rome offer riders the chance to see ancient artifacts unearthed in digging for the stations. By Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo, who has ...
The Verge

New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars

Two bills signed Thursday deal with how AI-generated people — real or entirely synthetic — can appear in commercial content. Two bills signed Thursday deal with how AI-generated people — real or ...