Data centers and physical infrastructure
The buildings, land, cooling systems, backup power and electrical equipment that physically house AI computing. Every AI model has to run somewhere — these companies build and operate the real-world facilities that make that possible.
Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.
Equinix jointly offers AI inference services with Together AI
Equinix, NVIDIA and Together AI announced a joint offering to provide open-model AI inference services to enterprise customers, with Equinix supplying colocation infrastructure and Together AI supplying the inference platform.
Source: 2026-09-02 · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating collaboration as of September 2026
Limits: Describes a newly announced joint go-to-market offering; does not establish revenue, customer volume, or exclusivity.
Equinix Accelerates AI Inference for Enterprises with NVIDIA and Together AI ↗
Schneider Electric co-develops AI data center reference designs with AMD
Schneider Electric and AMD released a joint reference-design blueprint for deploying AMD's Helios rack architecture (6th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs, AMD Instinct MI455X GPUs, AMD Pensando Vulcano NICs) at up to 246kW per rack and 10.4MW per cluster, covering facility power, cooling, IT space and lifecycle software.
Source: 2026-07-23 · reviewed 2026-09-27
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: Describes a published reference design, not a supply contract; does not establish order volumes, which data centers will use it, or financial terms.
Vertiv supplies liquid cooling infrastructure to CoreWeave
Vertiv supplies CoolChip coolant distribution units (rated at 121kW of liquid-to-liquid heat rejection) plus CFD modeling and deployment engineering to support CoreWeave's liquid-cooled NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 AI infrastructure.
Source: 2026-06-19 · reviewed 2026-09-27
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: Describes Vertiv's product and engineering role; does not establish contract value, exclusivity, order volumes, or which specific CoreWeave sites are using this equipment.
VNET operates Microsoft cloud services in China in partnership with Microsoft
In its annual report for 2025, VNET said failure to maintain its partnership with Microsoft may have a material and adverse effect on its operations.
Source: 2026-04-16 · reviewed 2026-09-26
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: Establishes an ongoing partnership as described by VNET; does not establish its revenue contribution, contract terms, which VNET entity holds it, or any AI-specific capacity supplied to Microsoft.
American Tower is an equityholder in AST SpaceMobile
AST SpaceMobile's annual report for 2025 lists American Tower (through ATC TRS II LLC) among its 'AST Equityholders' and among companies it has developed relationships with.
Source: 2026-03-02 · reviewed 2026-09-26
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: Establishes an equity holding as described by AST SpaceMobile; does not establish the size of the stake, its current value, or any commercial tower-leasing arrangement between the companies.
Applied Digital leases AI data center capacity to CoreWeave
Applied Digital said its first 100 MW building at the Polaris Forge 1 campus in North Dakota reached full Ready for Service status for CoreWeave, which leases the campus's 400 MW under long-term agreements.
Source: 2025-11-24 · reviewed 2026-09-26
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: Establishes that the first building was delivered to CoreWeave; does not establish when the remaining buildings will be delivered, lease payments actually received, or what CoreWeave runs there or for whom.