Headlines today that a consortium is being formed by BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, and Microsoft.
So right there, that tells me that xAI will be getting their web search data from Microsoft (bing) and probably has been getting web search from them since day 1 since there is apparently no xAI / grok - bot.
This consortium is spending $40 B to by "Aligned Data Centers" from Macquarie Asset Management. Does anyone know (or can anyone find) any IP / BGP / AS assignments for "Aligned Data Centers" ? I've never heard of them.
