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A brutal sell-off in a few small caps sat alongside takeover bids, fresh capital raisings and strong gains in medtech. The week split the market in two: buyers chased clear funding and approval news, while weaker stories sank fast after reopening.

Capital raisings drove the week in ASX tech, with investors backing AI and data centre spending but punishing deep discounts. The biggest moves came from small-cap fundraisings, while AI infrastructure names drew the clearest buying support.

Megaport Limited is raising approximately A$827 million through a fully underwritten entitlement offer to finance four major AI contracts and build an on-demand GPU Pool, aiming to establish a globally-distributed AI inference cloud.

A handful of extreme moves set the tone, from DXN’s explosive AI data centre rerating to steep sell-offs in small-cap explorers. Deals, funding and fresh drilling results drove the week, but several gap-ups lost steam as traders banked profits.

AI infrastructure names drove the biggest moves this week, with DXN exploding higher and Stakk extending its run after a new US healthcare contract. Elsewhere, capital raisings, takeover moves and executive changes kept tech investors busy, while several early gap-ups faded as buying cooled.

Megaport has landed four major AI infrastructure contracts worth A$459 million, fueling its plan to build a globally-distributed AI inference cloud supported by a new A$350 million GPU Pool. The company is raising A$827 million through a fully underwritten entitlement offer to fund these initiatives and future growth.

Capital raisings, resource updates and Medicare news drove the week’s biggest share moves. The sharpest gains came from silver and tungsten juniors, while the heaviest fall came from a deeply discounted equity raising.

Big contract wins and fresh capital drove the strongest gains in local tech, led by FirstWave, Megaport and Aristocrat Leisure. Smaller speculative names were less stable, with several gap re-openings losing steam as investors sold into early excitement.

Megaport’s Latitude.sh subsidiary has secured three major AI infrastructure contracts worth USD 183 million, backed by a USD 101 million capital expenditure commitment, reinforcing its role in the global AI compute ecosystem.

Robotics, AI chips and defence software drove the week’s biggest technology moves, but not every early jump held. Investors chased clear revenue growth and contract wins, while cash pressure and equity raisings kept a lid on parts of the sector.

Megaport’s Latitude.sh has secured a $35.4 million three-year compute and storage deal, adding nearly $12 million in annual recurring revenue and underpinning the company’s growth in AI-driven infrastructure.

Deal headlines and big drill hits shared the stage with a brutal sell-off in a handful of tiny raisings. The week’s biggest winners were backed by clear news; the biggest losers showed what happens when buyers vanish after a halt.