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Meta and BlackRock Plan $14B Data Center Investment Amid AI Boom

Meta and BlackRock team up to invest $14 billion in data centers, signaling confidence in AI infrastructure growth and cloud expansion.

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Meta and BlackRock announced a $14 billion joint investment in data centers, boosting AI and cloud infrastructure amidst rising demand and enterprise adoption.

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AI’s Circular Financing Is Back With Nvidia’s Latest Deals
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Investors worry that increasingly circular deals might artificially inflate demand and magnify losses if AI fails to turn profits in the future.

Walmart has 100-foot solar-powered string lights for only $32
Source: TheStreetJuly 28, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: Save 36% on outdoor lighting that's "cozy and welcoming."

HSBC’s Kettner Sees Earnings, Valuations Buoying Risk Assets
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Strong earnings growth and undemanding valuations are among the reasons keeping risk assets resilient to a more challenging inflation backdrop, according to HSBC Holdings Plc strategists.

AT1 Buyers Are ‘Far Too Complacent’ to Risks, Man Group Says
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Investors are “far too complacent” on the Additional Tier 1 bonds, the riskiest type of bank debt, and spreads now appear too tight, according to investors at Man Group.

Libya’s Power Standoff Briefly Hits Oil Fields, Local Gas Flows
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Libyan protesters briefly cut gas flows to power plants and caused a key oil field to temporarily halt output before operations resumed, as authorities in the OPEC nation wrestle with an electricity crisis.

Dave Ramsey has a simple fix for stalled debt payoff
Source: TheStreetJuly 28, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: Most money advice is written for a person who does not exist. That person reads every interest rate, ranks them correctly, and then runs the plan for four years without ever feeling discouraged or broke. Spreadsheets adore that person. Nobody has met them. The rest of us decide…

Romanian Health Workers’ Strike Builds Pressure Over Pay Reforms
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Thousands of healthcare workers in Romania went on their first nationwide general strike in a decade against a planned wage bill that’s key for unlocking European Union funds, heightening pressure on political parties to end a three-month deadlock over a new government.

Trump and Netanyahu Are Poised to Meet Under a Dark Cloud
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: The two leaders will sit down for talks that come with both facing a slew of worries.

Meta, BlackRock Plan to Invest in $14 Billion Data Center
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Meta Platforms Inc. and BlackRock Inc. will establish a joint venture to build and operate a 1-gigawatt data center complex in Texas, adding to a wave of investment in the computing hubs that power artificial intelligence.

AI Wipes Out Customer Service Jobs at Microsoft, Uber, CBA
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: AI’s decimation of call center jobs has begun.

Zelenskyy Lands in US for Trump Talks Seeking More Air Defenses
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the US for talks with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, looking to reinforce a warming in relations and gain additional help to strengthen air defenses against Russian attacks.

Hungary Creates Agency to Recoup Misappropriated Orban-Era Funds
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Hungary set up a powerful new agency that’s tasked with recovering misappropriated public funds, primarily those under Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule.

Iran de-escalation just hit energy stocks
Source: TheStreetJuly 28, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: Markets almost never price what just happened. They price the story they expect to read next. That distinction has cost people real money this year, and it is about to cost a few more. For five months, your household budget has been hostage to a waterway most Americans could not…

US Publishes Photo Showing Rare Joint Coast Guard Sailing With Taiwan Vessel
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Taiwan said it worked with the US to break up an attempt to smuggle high-end chips, highlighting expanding maritime cooperation as China steps up pressure in the region.

European Stocks Rise as Unilever, Safran Results Boost Sentiment
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: European stocks advanced as upbeat results from companies including Unilever Plc and Safran SA lifted sentiment.

Traders Stick With Europe’s Rate Curve Bet After Painful Run
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Traders are holding onto one of Europe’s most popular interest-rate bets, even though it’s been pushed off course time and again this year.

Orange Raises Profit Outlook on Spain Deal, Africa Growth
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Orange SA raised its profit outlook for the year, driven by growth in the French mobile carrier’s Africa and Middle East markets and the acquisition of a new business in Spain.

Software Stocks in India Set to Beat Global Chipmakers by Record
Source: BloombergJuly 28, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: India’s software stocks are set for their biggest monthly outperformance over global chipmakers, signaling investors are moving out of the artificial intelligence trade and into beaten-down information technology names.

Nvidia Staff Detained by Taiwan in China Chip Smuggling Case
Source: BloombergJuly 27, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Taiwanese prosecutors detained an Nvidia Corp. employee as part of a probe into the alleged smuggling of AI chips into China, thrusting the US company into a high-profile case concerning the black market for its products.

Unilever India Shares Slide Most Since 2020 on Growth Woes
Source: BloombergJuly 27, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Hindustan Unilever Ltd.’s shares recorded their biggest single-day fall in over six years on concerns around slowing growth and persistent raw material inflation even as its quarterly profit beat analyst expectations.

Marcos Targets Struggling Consumers in Bid to Revive Philippines, Presidency
Source: BloombergJuly 27, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. laid down his economic priorities in his annual address to Congress Monday, focusing on Filipino consumers battered by high prices due to the Iran War.

Wise stock rattles investors as OCC denies bank application
Source: TheStreetJuly 27, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: Wise (WSE) built its name on doing one thing better than the banks: moving money across borders without the hidden fees. That reputation carried it from a London startup to a Nasdaq listing and more than 19 million customers worldwide. Now a single letter from a U.S. regulator…

T-Mobile CEO doubles down on reducing free offers for customers
Source: TheStreetJuly 27, 2026business

Excerpt from TheStreet: T-Mobile is continuing to step away from the aggressive deals that helped fuel its growth.

Australia’s ‘World-First’ Data Center Rules Hit First Hurdle
Source: BloombergJuly 27, 2026tech

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed “world-first” national environmental and energy controls for Australia’s A$150 billion ($105 billion) data center pipeline hit their first hurdle, with two of the country’s jurisdictions opting not to back the planned rules.

Tate Brothers Face Threats of Murder in Jail, Lawyer Says
Source: BloombergJuly 27, 2026politics

Excerpt from Bloomberg: Social-media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate face threats to their lives in the Miami jail where the brothers are being held pending extradition on UK rape charges, their lawyer said.

US Stocks Fall as Chip Slump Fuels Rotation Trade: Markets Wrap
Source: BloombergJuly 27, 2026finance

Excerpt from Bloomberg: US stocks fell as a deepening rout in chipmakers was tempered by investors rotating into sectors that have so far seen the strongest earnings this season. Bonds climbed as oil fell.

pascalorg/editor
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Create and share 3D architectural projects.

jenkinsci/jenkins
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Jenkins automation server

moeru-ai/airi
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: 💖🧸 Self hosted, you-owned Grok Companion, a container of souls of waifu, cyber livings to bring them into our worlds, wishing to achieve Neuro-sama's altitude. Capable of realtime voice chat, Minecraft, Factorio playing. Web / macOS / Windows supported.

andrewyng/aisuite
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Simple, unified interface to multiple Generative AI providers

affaan-m/ECC
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

huggingface/speech-to-speech
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Build local voice agents with open-source models

virgiliojr94/book-to-skill
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: Turn any technical book PDF into a Claude Code skill — ready to study, reference, and use while you work.

opengeos/GeoLibre
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: A lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data. It runs in the web browser, on the desktop, on mobile, and inside Jupyter notebooks.

paperswithbacktest/awesome-systematic-trading
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: A curated list of awesome libraries, packages, strategies, books, blogs, tutorials for systematic trading.

microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit
Source: GitHubdeveloper

Excerpt from GitHub: AI Agent Governance Toolkit — Policy enforcement, zero-trust identity, execution sandboxing, and reliability engineering for autonomous AI agents. Covers 10/10 OWASP Agentic Top 10.

About this digest

Audience: AI developers and tech investors

Entities
Meta
BlackRock
Data Center
AI
Cloud
Investment
Hashtags
#AI
#DataCenters
#CloudComputing
#TechInvesting
#AIInfrastructure
#DigitalTransformation
Keywords
meta
blackrock
data center
ai investment
cloud infrastructure
ai boom
tech funding
digital infrastructure
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