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October 02, 2026 Friday Roundup This week’s biggest stories, in one read This week, the bills for the AI boom started coming due, from Nscale’s IPO pitch to pricier data center debt and Anthropic’s tougher discount terms. Our reporters go inside the deals and balance sheets behind the boom, so you see the risks taking shape before they hit the headlines. Before it’s everywhere, it’s in The Information. Subscribe for $299 and save 25% on your first year. Key highlights: Nearly all of Nscale’s contracted revenue depends on data centers it hasn’t built yet. Google has been paying roughly 100 digital publishers whose content shows up in its AI answers. Anthropic ends customers’ discounts the moment they hit their contracted usage cap. Finance Data center debt, IPOs and robot valuations True Value How Nscale’s Unbuilt Data Centers Undercut Its $35 Billion IPO Pitch By Anita Ramaswamy Exclusive Cracks Emerge in AI’s Debt-Fueled Data Center Boom By Dakin Campbell AI Agenda Valuations for Most Robotics Startups Will Fall By 2030, Says Vinod Khosla By Rocket Drew AI Infrastructure Why AI’s $15 Trillion Buildout Is Rewriting the Rules of Data Center Financing By Ann Davis Vaughan The Briefing Oura’s IPO Delay Signals Broader Market Stall By Martin Peers The Information Special Report Why Shopping Agents Are a Security and Payments Headache By Yueqi Yang Tech & AI Publisher payouts, AI pricing and new clouds Exclusive Google Is Paying About 100 Digital Publishers for AI Overviews By Alix Coutures and Catherine Perloff Exclusive Anthropic Moves to Cut Off Discounts When Customers Hit Their Cap By Kevin McLaughlin Exclusive How SpaceX’s AI Unit Turned Itself Into an AI Cloud Firm By Grace Kay AI Agenda Why Coding Agents Are Choosing Vercel as Often as Humans Do By Alix Coutures Subscribe to The Information to get only the news you need to know directly to your inbox, giving you a competitive edge. Save 25% on your first year and enjoy unlimited access. Subscribe New from The Information Pro AI Inflection Index Flagging emergent terms and investable themes. 77 core AI trends tracked across 10,000 articles, newsletters, and briefings. Gain access to AI Index, 60+ org charts, proprietary databases, exclusive newsletters, subscriber-only events, and more by subscribing to The Information Pro. Sign Up for Our Newsletter Every Monday (subscribers only) AI Infrastructure By The Information Staff Stay ahead of the AI infrastructure wars. Ann Davis Vaughan covers how tech titans are disrupting the energy sector and becoming accidental industrial giants to compete on the AI model battlefield. Sign up Follow us Download our app Explore Our Newsletters Subscribe to The Information Sent to you@example.com | Manage your preferences or unsubscribe | Help The Information · 251 Rhode Island Street, Suite 107, San Francisco, CA 94103