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CNBC Daily Open: Potential Iran tariffs, data centers and tech comments

News | 2026/07/31 01:02

CNBC Daily Open: Potential Iran tariffs, data centers and tech comments

U.S. President Donald Trump wants Congress to add tariffs on Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump wants Congress to add tariffs on Iran, which could further worsen Tehran-Washington relations as the Middle East conflict continues on.

In the tech space, capital continues to flow with Nexus Data Centers in advanced talks to secure $15 billion for a Google-backed Anthropic data center.

China's DeepSeek is reportedly planning a massive AI data center in Inner Mongolia.

Amazon's capital expenditures are projected to hit $220 billion this year.

Investors won't have to wait much longer for quantum computing to become a meaningful business, according to IBM CEO Arvind Krishna.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said Google's artificial intelligence offering called AI Overviews has created uncertainty when it comes to search-derived traffic.

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