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Data Deals Briefing
Daily, sourced analysis of the global market for data — acquisitions, AI-data partnerships, funding and regulation.
SatRev Secures $9M Earth Observation Data Deal with KOWR
Polish new space company SatRev has inked a significant 3-year contract valued at nearly $9 million with KOWR. This deal will see SatRev provide satellite Earth observation data to monitor agriculture across Poland.
Read the briefing →Softbank Pours €75B into French AI Data Centers
Softbank Group Corp. has committed up to €75 billion (US$87.44 billion) to develop AI data center capacity in France. This monumental investment aims to establish France as a premier European hub for AI infrastructure, with an initial €45 billion allocated for 3.1 GW by 2031.
Read the briefing →Google, Blackstone Launch $25B AI Cloud Venture
Google and Blackstone are forming a new AI cloud business venture, with Blackstone investing an initial $5 billion. This massive infrastructure deal aims to bring 500 megawatts of AI data center capacity online by 2027, with total investment potentially reaching $25 billion.
Read the briefing →Pfizer–Innovent Strike a $10B Cancer-Data Licensing Pact
Pfizer and Innovent's licensing deal—worth up to $10 billion—headlined a busy week that underscored the soaring value of proprietary data and IP. Snowflake's acquisition of Natoma and new US privacy legislation signal a data market maturing fast around AI governance.
Read the briefing →Snowflake Commits $6B to AWS to Power Enterprise Agentic AI
Snowflake's $6 billion, multi-year commitment to AWS headlined a wave of AI-infrastructure deals, from SoftBank's 1 GW data-center campus in France to Advaya's acquisition of Comscore Movies. With AI startups capturing 81% of Q1 2026 venture funding, demand for licensed data and compute is compounding fast.
Read the briefing →Anthropic Raises $65B at a $965B Valuation
Anthropic's $65 billion Series H—valuing the lab at $965 billion—headlined a record stretch of AI funding and data M&A. From CoStar's $800 million purchase of housing-data firm Zonda to tighter GDPR enforcement, the premium on proprietary data keeps rising.
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