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Core Scientific and AMD Announce Infrastructure Partnership
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Fusion42 · 28 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
AMD secures up to 2.5 gigawatts of AI-ready data center capacity from Core Scientific, with 500+ megawatts operational from 2027, to support large-scale deployments of AMD Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs, and ROCm software across cloud providers and enterprises.
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AMD just locked in 2.5 gigawatts of reserved capacity at the moment when power becomes the binding constraint on AI growth. If you build cooling, power distribution, or real estate solutions for data centers, Core Scientific and others now have contractual obligation to deploy at scale—and they'll need to buy from you to meet those timelines.
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