RAMageddon 2.0 + Ocean Data Centers

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Spotted: Microsoft is abandoning gaming for AI, Google is simultaneously funding the future of clean energy and paying €4.1 billion for its past sins, and SK Hynix is about to let Wall Street in on the hottest trade since Nvidia amid a memory shortage so bad they are calling it RAMageddon.

And if that was not enough, Samsung is literally building data centres on the ocean because apparently land, power and common sense are all in short supply.

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• Microsoft Axes 4,800 Jobs as Xbox Downsizes and Spins Off Four Gaming Studios

  Xbox is losing 20% of its workforce and spinning off four studios as Microsoft's worst performing megacap stock of 2026 pivots hard toward AI and away from gaming.

• Google Backs Nuclear Fusion Startup Targeting Europe's First Commercial Plant

  Google's $468 million bet on Proxima Fusion, alongside its existing stake in US rival Commonwealth Fusion Systems is a clear signal that Big Tech is all in on nuclear fusion as the next great energy race.

• Google Ordered to Pay €4.1 Billion Fine for Using Android to Stifle Competition

  Forcing Android manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and Chrome as a condition of Play Store access, effectively shutting out rivals and triggering the largest fine the European Commission has ever imposed on the company.

• SK Hynix Set to Open Its Doors to US Investors as AI Drives Memory Boom

  SK Hynix is eyeing a $28 billion US IPO as Wall Street hunts for the next Nvidia amid a global memory shortage so severe it has been dubbed RAMageddon.

• Samsung Eyes 2028 Launch for Floating Ocean Data Centre

  Samsung Heavy Industries is building purpose-built floating data centres that use seawater for cooling and target 50MW of compute capacity, with its first vessel set to launch by Q2 2028.

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