{"id":9037,"date":"2026-02-23T16:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=9037"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:06:03","slug":"google-weighs-100m-backing-for-fluidstack-to-expand-ai-data-center-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/google-weighs-100m-backing-for-fluidstack-to-expand-ai-data-center-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"Google weighs $100M backing for Fluidstack to expand AI data center capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluidstack.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fluidstack<\/a> is reportedly in discussions with Google over a $100 million investment that could value the <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/google-opens-tpu-access-to-rival-clouds-fluidstack-first-to-sign-on\/\">AI cloud provider<\/a> at $7.5 billion. 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