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Nvidia gets $500bn from major investors to develop AI infrastructure
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Key Points:
- Nvidia has partnered with major Wall Street banks and investors, including Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR, to raise $500 billion for AI infrastructure development.
- This collaboration marks the first time AI hardware and infrastructure, known as "compute," are being treated as a distinct asset class by investors.
- The raised capital will fund Nvidia's projects and those of its partners, including building new data centers and factories to manufacture AI chips necessary for processing AI workloads.
- Industry leaders emphasize that compute is now a critical infrastructure asset, with companies having spent over $1 trillion on AI projects in the past three years, driving Nvidia's stock value up fivefold.
- Other significant investments include BlackRock's deal with Meta for a Texas data center and Anthropic's partnership with Macquarie Asset Management and GIC to support AI infrastructure amid growing demand for its chatbot Claude.
