SpaceX is reportedly seeking $40 billion in financing to buy Nvidia AI chips, underscoring just how capital-intensive the global race for compute has become.

For episode 781 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by JB Benjamin, CEO of Veldris, to explore the company and its Midgard platform. Midgard is an open-source AI and data platform designed to help organizations run AI on their own infrastructure while retaining control of their data, models, and encryption keys. With local AI, post-quantum encryption, and support for fully offline operation, Veldris is building tools for organizations that prioritize privacy

Google has signed a 3.59-gigawatt power agreement with Constellation Energy, including a major nuclear component, as data-center demand reshapes the U.S. power market.

Cowboy Space has launched Reason-1, a satellite designed to test laser power beaming from orbit to Earth. The experiment has not yet completed its power-transfer test, but it highlights a broader race to build energy and computing infrastructure in space.

FedEx has ordered 2,000 electric trucks from Harbinger in a deal worth more than $300 million, giving the young commercial-EV company its largest order yet and offering a major test of fleet electrification at scale.