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• [New] Google is exploring a deeper investment in Anthropic that could push valuation north of $350 billion. Binary Verse AI
• [New] From a product lens, the Google Finance move signals how dominant platforms will use foundation models to add stickiness: expanding time-on-platform for investors and adding premium features (advanced charting, earnings insights) that can be monetized or used to retain B2B partners. News, Events, Advertising Options
• [New] Google is set to establish an AI data center hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, as part of its $15 billion investment plan spanning 2026 to 2030. DataCenterKnowledge
• [New] Reliance and Google will develop AI models tailored for Indian languages and dialects, addressing language barriers and ensuring AI tools are accessible to users across linguistic backgrounds. Guidely
• [New] PayPal's enterprise payments division will become a key processor for card payments across major Google services, including Google Cloud, Google Ads, and Google Play. JD Supra
• [New] Outlook: Google will likely remain one of the Big Three AI ecosystems, evolving from a search company into an AI-driven operating layer for the world's information. AI n Dot Net - Helping .NET programmers learn AI
• [New] Google plans 1 GW data center cluster in India, ending talk of stalled hyperscaler commitments. DataX Connect
• Google plans to spend $1 billion on AI education and job training, offering free access to its Gemini for Education tools for U.S. high schools. -
• Anthropic is negotiating a multi-billion-dollar cloud deal with Google and plans to use up to one million TPUs, reinforcing Google's alternative to Nvidia GPUs and reflecting rapid AI workload growth. Sophic Capital
• Google Cloud's core strengths in AI, machine learning, and data analytics, along with its open architecture, could attract specific enterprise workloads and maintain its rapid growth trajectory. FinancialContent
• Google continues advancing quantum computing for machine learning, achieving verifiable quantum advantage that could revolutionize data processing and AI capabilities. Hymes Consulting
• Google signed a power-purchase agreement with the 400 MW Broadwing gas plant in Illinois, which will capture about 90% of its carbon emissions for permanent storage. Winssolutions
• Google and Anthropic have struck a deal that will see the AI upstart gain access to up to a million of the web giant's tensor processing units and involve tens of billions of dollars. The Register
• Leading cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud invest billions of dollars in their security infrastructure, employing teams of world-class security experts to protect their platforms from the latest threats. Golden Info Systems Limited

Last updated: 09 November 2025