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Nvidia links with Wall Street firms for $500bn AI financing deal
Apollo, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and KKR among those working with chipmaker to fund infrastructure
TL;DR
- Nvidia is partnering with six major Wall Street financial institutions to raise over $500 billion for AI infrastructure.
- The goal is to create financing platforms that treat AI "compute" as an asset class for third-party investors.
- This move addresses the surging demand for AI computing capacity as companies race to build data centers.
- Big tech companies are expected to surpass $730 billion in AI spending this year.
- The financial institutions involved include Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR.
- Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, stated that these platforms will help customers access scarce compute at scale.
- The arrangements aim to create dedicated pools of capital at significant scale and attractive rates for Nvidia's customers.