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TCS tops quarterly revenue forecasts, eyes stronger growth in second half

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) exceeded second-quarter revenue estimates, lifted by growth in its banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) segment, and said it expects better performance in the latter half of the fiscal year. The results have bolstered optimism for India’s $283 billion IT industry, which has faced weak client spending amid global uncertainty.

Sales for the quarter ending September rose 2.4% to ₹657.99 billion ($7.4 billion), surpassing the ₹650.86 billion forecast. Profit edged up 1.4% to ₹120.75 billion, though it fell short of analyst projections due to ₹11.35 billion in severance costs linked to a planned 2% workforce reduction affecting 12,200 employees.

CEO K. Krithivasan said deferred projects had decreased and expressed confidence that AI solutions and deeper client engagement would drive growth momentum in the second half. The BFSI unit grew 1%, offsetting declines in the consumer, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.

TCS also announced plans to establish a new AI-focused business with a 1 GW data center in India, expected within five to seven years. Analysts estimate the project could involve up to $5 billion in capital expenditure and make TCS one of India’s top five data center operators.

Order bookings hit $10 billion, up from $9.4 billion last quarter, showing signs of steady recovery in global demand despite new U.S. outsourcing tax and visa challenges.

U.S. approves multi-billion-dollar Nvidia chip exports to UAE, Bloomberg reports

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The U.S. government has approved several billion dollars’ worth of Nvidia chip exports to the United Arab Emirates, according to Bloomberg News. The export licenses were issued by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security as part of a bilateral artificial intelligence agreement reached in May.

The deal will enable the UAE to build large-scale data centers essential for developing and training advanced AI models, deepening technological cooperation between the two countries. In return, the UAE has committed to making a reciprocal investment in the U.S., the report said.

An official from the Commerce Department told Bloomberg the agency is “fully committed to the transformational U.S.–UAE AI partnership deal.” Neither Nvidia nor the White House commented directly on the report, and UAE representatives could not be reached.

The export agreement is expected to allow the Emirates to import up to 500,000 of Nvidia’s high-performance AI chips annually starting in 2025, under a framework that could extend through 2030, as Reuters reported earlier this year.

The approval aligns with President Donald Trump’s renewed Gulf outreach, which in May yielded $600 billion in commitments from Saudi Arabia, including chip deals with Nvidia, AMD, and Qualcomm. The move strengthens Washington’s push to build regional AI alliances amid intensifying global competition for computing power.

Confluent explores potential sale amid rising AI data demand

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Confluent, a leading data streaming software company, is exploring a potential sale after attracting acquisition interest from private equity firms and technology companies, sources told Reuters. The discussions are still in early stages, with no guarantee a deal will materialize.

Shares of Confluent (CFLT.O) jumped 11% on Wednesday following the report, lifting its market value to about $7.9 billion. The move comes after the company’s stock fell 26% this year, making it a more appealing target for potential buyers, particularly after it lost a major customer in July.

Based in Mountain View, California, Confluent provides enterprise software that manages real-time data streams — a critical function for training and scaling artificial intelligence models. The firm was founded by the creators of Apache Kafka, an open-source system widely used for handling large volumes of live data such as financial transactions and web analytics.

The growing interest underscores the surge in demand for data infrastructure tools amid the AI boom. In May, Salesforce agreed to buy Informatica for about $8 billion to enhance its AI data management capabilities, signaling broader consolidation in the sector.

Confluent has not commented publicly on the talks. Industry analysts say any acquisition could mark a major shift in the AI software landscape as companies race to strengthen their data processing capabilities.