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Amazon Plans $8B Nvidia Chip Spin-off

Amazon is reportedly in talks with investors to spin off around $8 billion worth of advanced Nvidia Grace-Blackwell AI chips into a special purpose vehicle (SPV). The company would then lease back the chips for its data centers, a move aimed at strengthening Amazon's balance sheet by shifting expensive chip costs to investors. Amazon plans to offer investors an equity stake of up to 10% in the SPV, suggesting it will not hold a majority stake. The report, citing sources familiar with the matter, highlights a broader trend among US hyperscalers to use asset-light financing methods for massive data center expansion. Amazon has announced over $200 billion in capital expenditures this year, largely for AWS to purchase more chips and build data centers. The strategy reflects how tech giants are developing innovative financing models to manage the immense capital requirements of AI infrastructure.

• Amazon is in talks to spin off ~$8 billion of Nvidia Grace-Blackwell chips into a special purpose vehicle (SPV).
• Amazon will lease back the chips for its data centers and offer investors up to a 10% equity stake in the SPV.
• Amazon has announced over $200 billion in capital expenditures for this year, largely for AWS.

SPUR launches AI content tracking standard, invites OpenAI, Google to board

A coalition of media organizations including the Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Sky, and the AP has released a new standard for tracking how AI tools use publishers' content. The Standards for Publisher Usage Rights (SPUR) initiative published its content telemetry standard on October 2, 2026. The standard creates a process to track and report when content is retrieved, grounded, cited, presented, and engaged with by AI tools, and report usage back to publishers. SPUR has invited OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and Microsoft to join its new AI Licensing Advisory Board to help shape implementation. The board aims to ensure tracking rules work for both publishers and AI companies. SPUR is also developing agent tooling for AI companies to adopt the standard, supporting transparent reporting and licensing. Pilot programs with tech and AI companies are planned.

• SPUR released its content telemetry standard on October 2, 2026.
• SPUR invited OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and Microsoft to join its AI Licensing Advisory Board.
• The standard tracks retrieval, grounding, citation, presentation, and engagement of publisher content by AI tools.

Spikes Asia evolves into LIONS Asia

Haymarket's global news page has been updated with several new press releases, including the evolution of Spikes Asia into LIONS Asia, recognition of colleagues in PPA Next Gen Awards, and HortWeek's 185th anniversary. The page also lists numerous other announcements from the past year, such as acquisitions, leadership changes, and award wins.