AI & Data · Week of Nov 2, 2026

AI compute buildout and agentic tools: the week in AI & Data

AI infrastructure dominated, with Singapore data center and GPU deals, a Michigan buildout, agentic AI launches and two corporate restructurings.

Nov 9, 2026 · ScoopByte newsroom

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   Clarivate Plc

   Clarivate Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results, Delivering Clear Path to Value Creation

   Clarivate reported third quarter 2026 revenues of $567.9 million including its Life Sciences & Healthcare segment, and a net loss of $80.8 million that it says was driven by a $62.2 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge. The company completed the LS&H sale on October 6, 2026 for net cash proceeds of $488.4 million, and its full year 2026 outlook for continuing operations calls for revenues of $1.965B to $1.985B.

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   Affle

   Affle to acquire Perion, to scale its CPCU business across Developed markets

   Affle says its subsidiary Affle 3iL Ltd. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Perion Network Limited for US$ 11.70 per share in cash, an implied equity value of ~US$ 420 million, funded by bank financing and available cash. Closing is expected in early 2027, subject to regulatory and Perion shareholder approval, and the deal includes a go-shop period for Perion.

3. Toby Neugebauer

   Fermi's Co-Founder and Largest Shareholder, Toby Neugebauer: "Fermi's Shareholders, the Markets and Texas Voters Have Rejected Rick Perry and Fermi's 'We Can Do Whatever We Want' Board"

   Fermi co-founder and largest shareholder Toby Neugebauer says Rick Perry failed to win re-election at the October 30 annual meeting, citing a 38.9% vote of outstanding shares under an August 11 bylaw change adopted without a shareholder vote. Neugebauer is calling on Fermi to put itself up for sale while closing a tenant deal, and says discovery in his lawsuit against the company is underway.

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   Equinix, Inc.

   Equinix Opens SG6 in Singapore, Expanding AI-Ready Capacity in One of Asia-Pacific's Most Connected Markets

   Equinix opened SG6, its sixth IBX data center in Singapore, with an initial investment of approximately $290 million and 8 MW of first-phase capacity, planned to reach up to 20 MW at full build-out. The company says the site includes liquid cooling for GPU infrastructure and will host a Co-Innovation Facility with the National University of Singapore in 2027.

5. Ryde Group

   Ryde Signs Strategic MOU with Dimension AI to Explore US$278 Million Three-Year GPU-as-a-Service Collaboration

   Ryde Group signed a non-binding MOU with Dimension AI to explore a GPU-as-a-Service platform with an indicative aggregate value of up to US$278 million. Ryde says the figure is Dimension AI's preliminary estimate of the platform's total capital cost and does not constitute contracted revenue attributable to Ryde.

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   Hyperscale Data Inc.

   Hyperscale Data Held Approximately $50.6 Million of Bitcoin, Cash and Restricted Cash as of November 1, 2026

   Hyperscale Data says it held approximately $50.6 million in Bitcoin, cash and restricted cash as of November 1, 2026, including 211.4639 Bitcoin valued at about $16.5 million. The company says it is targeting December 2026 to energize the initial 10 megawatts of critical IT capacity at its Michigan AI data center, and expects to divest Ault Capital Group in 2027.

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   Cerillion

   Cerillion 26.2 Expands Agentic AI and Extends Open Standards Leadership

   Cerillion released version 26.2 of its telecoms BSS/OSS Suite, adding agentic AI features including a Customer Care Agent, a Service Configuration Agent and Predictive Churn, along with a native Nchf interface for 5G standalone charging. The company says it has added 15 TM Forum Real World Open API certifications since Cerillion 26.1, for a total of 47 across seven customers.

8. AMBR

   HashKey Capital Joins AMBR in Accelerating AI Agent Integration Across Financial Services

   AMBR and HashKey Capital announced a strategic partnership at Hong Kong FinTech Week to explore AI agent architectures for investment research, operational automation and institutional client services. The companies describe the agreement as a preliminary milestone, and AMBR says it is its first major partnership since its business transformation.

This roundup is written with AI assistance from the press releases listed above, using only what they state. The releases are the companies' own announcements, not ScoopByte reporting.