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Nvidia seeks $500B+ in third-party financing for AI infrastructure
The plan pairs Nvidia with six major asset managers to back AI data centers and Nvidia hardware using third-party capital.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AI compute is becoming an “investable asset class,” and the company is working with large financial institutions to mobilize more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure, according to Yahoo Finance.
The initiative includes partnerships with Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs, and KKR, aimed at financing AI data centers and Nvidia hardware.
Nvidia’s approach is intended to make AI computing infrastructure a financeable, revenue-generating asset, similar to how long-term infrastructure such as commercial real estate is typically treated.
Yahoo Finance also notes that while the effort is being discussed as a new asset class and a financial engineering development, questions remain about whether GPUs can retain value as newer chip generations emerge and as Big Tech’s large AI spending pressures cash flows.