10 January 2026

President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his efforts to acquire Greenland, telling reporters that the U.S. needs “ownership” of the island because Putin may want to occupy it and a purchase would be just a “large real estate deal.” In a statement made Friday, Trump dismissed the existing leases as inadequate for national security and said past U.S. Presidents had been “intimidated” by Turkish threats, adding that the Biden Administration would act to secure their removal “either of Turkey’s own accord or ‘the easy way.’” Denmark and Greenland have roundly rejected the “annexation fantasies,” as NATO allies have cautioned that any military action would splinter the transatlantic alliance, signalling an end to post-WWII security.

OpenAI and SoftBank Group have teamed up to back SB Energy and a $1 billion investment aimed at accelerating the $500 billion “Stargate” AI infrastructure project. The contract centres on constructing a 1.2-gigawatt data centre in Milam County, Texas, with the capacity to accommodate the huge amount of power needed for training next-generation AI. This calculated investment by OpenAI, said to be entering a “code red” mode in response to pressure from Google’s Gemini 3 indicates the significant level of attention and resources required, not just financially, to keep moving forward in this all-encompassing race for artificial intelligence dominance.

Elon Musk’s A.I. start-up, xAI, reported a net loss of $1.46 billion for the third quarter of 2025 though revenue doubled to $107 million. This year, the company has already spent close to $8 billion on data centres and talent to help it compete with OpenAI. And despite its hefty losses, xAI did recently reach a $230 billion valuation after closing a $20 billion funding round just last month. The funding will go toward the ‘Machard’ project that will develop robot-droids (pictured right) with advanced AI technology to operate Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots by 2026.