Companies across technology, data-center, networking/hardware, venture capital, and energy sectors commonly participate in building and operating AI infrastructure, including examples such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, Digital Realty, QTS, Cisco, Corning, Andreessen Horowitz, Duke Energy, Entergy, ExxonMobil, NextEra, PG&E, and Pinnacle West.
November 19, 2025
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industry
Illustrates cross-sector participation in AI infrastructure development and operation.
Organizations identified as members of the AI Infrastructure Coalition include Andreessen Horowitz, Cisco, Corning, Digital Realty, Duke Energy, Entergy, ExxonMobil, Google, Lumen, Meta, Microsoft, NextEra, PG&E, Pinnacle West, and QTS.
November 19, 2025
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membership
Lists corporate and industry members associated with the coalition.
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are three major cloud computing providers that together serve as a technical backbone for large parts of the internet.
October 20, 2025
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structural
Large-scale cloud providers host infrastructure and services relied on by millions of users and thousands of companies.
A 2025 TD Cowen report ranked Oracle as the cloud provider securing the most U.S. data center capacity in the third fiscal quarter of 2025, followed by Google and Fluidstack, ahead of Meta, Amazon, CoreWeave, and Microsoft.
September 30, 2025
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Ranking of cloud and infrastructure providers by amount of U.S. data center capacity leased in Q3 2025.
A 2025 Public Citizen report identified that Michael Best Strategies represented five corporations that donated to the White House ballroom: Hard Rock International, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Ripple, and T-Mobile.
January 01, 2025
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statistical
List of donor clients attributed to Michael Best Strategies in the 2025 Public Citizen analysis of lobbying disclosures.
A 2025 CBS News review of federal lobbying disclosures found that Akin provided lobbying or legal services to at least nine corporations that donated to the White House ballroom: Altria, Booz Allen Hamilton, Coinbase, Comcast, Google, Micron Technology, Microsoft, NextEra Energy, and Vantive.
January 01, 2025
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Finding from a 2025 review of federal lobbying disclosure forms reported by CBS News.
Large technology companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have pursued agreements with nuclear power operators and developers to obtain electricity for their data centers.
January 01, 2020
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temporal
Trend of big tech sourcing low-carbon baseload power for data-center operations.
MSNBC launched in 1996, and the "MS" in its name originally stood for Microsoft because Microsoft was a partner in launching the network.
January 01, 1996
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temporal
Origins and naming of the cable news network MSNBC.
Microsoft engages external advisors from a range of industries to provide expertise and insights.
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organizational
General corporate practice regarding use of external advisors.
OpenAI has established partnerships with Microsoft, Nvidia, AMD, CoreWeave, Oracle, and Broadcom.
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relationship
Partnerships between AI platform companies and major cloud, hardware, and enterprise vendors.
MSNBC began as a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC News.
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historical
Origin and ownership structure of the MSNBC cable news channel.
Microsoft later divested its ownership stake in MSNBC, while the channel continued to use the MSNBC name after that divestment.
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historical
Outcome of the change in corporate ownership related to MSNBC's name retention.
The "Magnificent 7" is a group of large technology companies consisting of Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla.
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definition
A market shorthand used to refer to seven dominant tech companies with large combined market capitalization.
The term "Magnificent 7" refers to the group of large-cap technology companies Alphabet (Google owner), Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla.
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definition
Label used to describe seven dominant technology companies that together can represent a large share of stock market indices.