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NVIDIA Backyard Datacenters, Apple + Intel, & SpaceX | Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 13, 2026
AI infrastructure is evolving faster than ever, and this week’s biggest tech stories could reshape the future of cloud, compute, and enterprise IT.
This week on the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke disucss Mirantis being acquired by IREN to accelerate open AI infrastructure, Lumen’s acquisition of Alkira to modernize hybrid networking, and Red Hat’s push toward AI-driven automation across RHEL and Lightspeed.
They also discuss Anthropic’s massive SpaceX compute deal powered by over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs, Apple’s reported shift toward Intel manufacturing for…
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