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Nvidia is playing infrastructure matchmaker in the Nordic region, connecting GPU customers with local data center operators hungry for business. Cheap power and available land are drawing serious capital north, and Nvidia's direct involvement signals just how aggressively the company is positioning itself at the center of every major AI build-out globally.
Shifting to a deal that reframes how we value live sports, Bob Iger and Josh Kushner are set to acquire the Los Angeles Lakers at a record twelve point five billion dollars, essentially a wager that sports television rights will keep climbing. The NFL, however, is flashing early signs that the ceiling may be closer than buyers want to admit, which makes the timing of this bet worth watching carefully.
And in a story that's more symbolic than financial, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway now holds an indirect stake in Elon Musk's SpaceX, by virtue of Berkshire's nearly one percent position in Alphabet, which itself owns roughly four percent of SpaceX. Musk has long courted Buffett's validation, and while this is several degrees removed, it's the closest he's come to getting it.
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