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Oracle's planned AI datacenter in Wisconsin is expected to face delays because its power approval has not yet come through. The project, part of the broader race to build capacity for artificial intelligence workloads, is being held up by the lengthy process of securing electricity supply. Commentators point to grid access and permitting as growing bottlenecks for large AI datacenter developments across the United States.

Tencent has agreed a roughly $7 billion deal with Oracle to lease 100,000 AI chips, according to the Financial Times. The arrangement would give the Chinese tech giant access to overseas computing power amid US restrictions on exporting advanced chips to China. The report has drawn attention to how Chinese firms are finding workarounds through foreign cloud providers, and to Oracle's growing role in the AI infrastructure race.

Dartmouth College has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought in connection with a 2025 data breach linked to Oracle. The settlement follows legal action from individuals whose personal information was exposed in the incident. Details of the settlement terms and compensation amounts have not yet been made public.