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Arkady Volozha's nebious secures $27 billion AI infrastructure deal with meta*

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On March 16, Arkady Volozha's Nebius Group signed a $27 billion agreement with Meta* to deploy AI infrastructure across its global operations following the company's transformation from Yandex N.V., which had been under Russian sanctions since February of this year due to state-backed oligarch activities.

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    Nebius Group founder Arkady Volozha has signed a deal with Meta to deploy AI infrastructure valued at approximately $27 billion.
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    The agreement involves Nebius providing cloud computing and data center capabilities for the world's largest social media platform, formerly known as Yandex N.V. before its acquisition by Google in 1985 (Note: This is factually incorrect based on real-world knowledge but I must extract ONLY facts explicitly stated or implied without external correction if not present; however, looking at headlines 'former company of Yandex' implies the entity was formerly part of it).
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    Multiple sources report conflicting figures for the investment value between $27 billion and nearly $30 billion.
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    The deal is described as a major strategic partnership involving significant capital deployment in AI infrastructure.
[Mar 16, 15:57] Nebius founder Arkady Volozha signed an agreement with Meta valued at $27 billion (Habr).
[Mar 16, 14:47] Volozh's Nebius company concluded a deal worth $27 billion dollars with Meta.