Google’s AI Data Center Expansion, OpenAI’s Legal Win, and Cheaper Medical AI Benchmarking | UpNext AI – May 19, 2026
Google is reportedly deepening its AI infrastructure push through a partnership tied to a Blackstone-backed cloud group and a planned $5 billion investment expected to bring 500 megawatts of new data center capacity online next year. The story highlights how the frontier AI race is increasingly constrained not just by models, but by physical infrastructure: power, chips, and large-scale compute deployment.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI after a jury unanimously concluded he waited too long to bring the case. Ars Technica reports the suit accused OpenAI and Sam Altman of…
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