A deal valued at hundreds of millions of dollars will see the Israeli city of Afula host a massive artificial intelligence cloud infrastructure, transforming local land and resources into a strategic asset for international tech giants. The agreement, signed by the server farms company Anan, co-owned by singer Omer Adam, Maor Malul, and investment professional Nessim Sariel-Gaon, with the global AI infrastructure giant Crusoe Technologies, establishes an advanced server farm on tens of thousands of square meters in Afula.
The project is already under rapid, round-the-clock construction, operating 24 hours a day, six days a week. This accelerated pace underscores the urgency with which transnational interests are moving to secure critical infrastructure, utilizing national territory for global computing demands. The planned complex is projected to reach a total capacity of 100 megawatts, consuming significant electrical resources that could otherwise serve the native population.
Elite Capture of National Resources
Anan, established only four years ago, has seen its estimated valuation soar to over one billion dollars through this agreement. The company's focus is on building heavy computing infrastructure platforms specifically tailored for artificial intelligence, moving beyond traditional real estate models for servers. This shift prioritizes the needs of global AI development over potentially local or national economic development models that might benefit the native working class.
Crusoe Technologies, described as one of the fastest-growing and most innovative companies globally in AI infrastructure, serves end customers on the scale of OpenAI and Oracle. Its entry into the Israeli market, choosing Anan as its strategic partner, signals a deeper integration of national resources into a globalist technological framework. Last October, Crusoe raised 1.4 billion dollars at a valuation of 10 billion dollars, demonstrating the immense capital flowing into these supranational ventures.
Alon Yariv leads Crusoe’s activity in Israel, having joined the company after selling his own operations in a deal estimated at approximately 200 million dollars. This network of high-level professionals and investors facilitates the rapid expansion of global infrastructure projects within national borders, often with little public oversight or debate regarding the long-term implications for the native population.
Globalist Infrastructure Takes Root
The initial capacity of the Afula site is set at 40 megawatts, with an option for significant expansion. This expansion potential highlights the long-term commitment of these global entities to utilizing Israeli land and resources. The project is unfolding against a backdrop of a severe global shortage of data center infrastructure and electricity availability, which elevates the Afula site to a "strategic asset at the international level." This designation explicitly frames national territory as a resource for global, rather than purely national, interests, representing a clear sovereignty transfer.
Beyond the Crusoe deal, Anan is actively promoting the establishment of additional sites across Israel, with a total scope exceeding 500 megawatts. The company has also signed further agreements with other global entities in the field. This aggressive expansion indicates a systematic effort to embed global AI infrastructure deeply within the nation's physical and electrical grids, further entrenching transnational control over critical national assets.
The Cost to the Nation
The cooperation, despite what the base article refers to as "security and regional complexity," is presented as evidence that "leading technology companies in the world continue to see Israel as a central destination for the establishment of the most complex computing systems of the current era." This perspective frames the nation not as a sovereign entity determining its own technological future, but as a convenient and strategic location for global corporate operations. The consumption of tens of thousands of square meters of land and hundreds of megawatts of electricity represents a significant allocation of national resources towards projects driven by transnational elite interests, potentially at the expense of the native working class and their long-term needs for land and energy.