{
  "id": 19362822,
  "title": "SoftBank wrote off $3.7B in non-refundable data center equipment advances after reviewing its plans in Q2; the company had committed $9.5B in advance payments (Martin Peers/The Information)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/softbank-wrote-off-3-7b-in-non-refundable-data-center-equipment",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-10T16:55:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/softbank-writes-3-7-billion-advance-payments-data-center-projects"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SoftBank wrote off $3.7 billion spent on non-refundable advance payments to secure data center equipment, reflecting a review …",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}