The Dow Jones closed up 0.22%, the Nasdaq rose 0.16%, and the S&P 500 gained 0.21%. Among the most actively traded stocks, Moderna surged 176.97%, SanDisk dropped 3.5%, Micron Technology fell 0.39%, and Nvidia declined 0.99%.

According to Nikkei, Itochu Corporation of Japan will enter the data center development business, planning to invest several hundreds of billions of yen by 2030 to build about 10 data centers in Japan and lease them to major US technology giants and other companies. These data centers will be located in regions such as the Tokyo metropolitan area, Osaka metropolitan area, and Kyushu. Each data center is expected to have a power supply capacity of about 50 megawatts, with plans for 1 to 2 projec

According to Nikkei News: Itochu Corporation is entering the data center sector and plans to build 10 data centers in Japan.

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USD/CAD just touched the 1.3800 mark, now quoted at 1.3800, down 0.06% on the day.