Elon Musk, Founder and CEO of Tesla and Spacex
Nvidia and Startup founded by Elon Musk, Xai, will join the Global Alliance for Investment in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure to obtain investment in this context, essentially in the US.
This alliance intends to obtain about $ 30 billion (27,500 million euros) Initial capital to invest in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructures (AI).
Microsoft, Blackrock’s GIP Investment Fund, the MGX technology investment company and Blackrock manager also belong to this alliance, according to information released.
With these new adhesions, the technological leadership of the Alliance, which was created last September and initially seeking $ 30 billion from capital from investors, asset owners and companies, will be even more reinforced, according to the market.
The purpose of the alliance is to mobilize up to $ 100 billion (91,502 million euros at the current exchange rate) of potential investment, including debt financing.
Nvidia will continue as a technical consultant For this alliance, bringing its experience in accelerated computing and AI factories, while Ge vernova and Nextera Energy agreed to collaborate with the alliance to accelerate the sizing of critical energy solutions for AI data centers.
On September 18, Microsoft, Blackrock, Gip and MGX announced the creation of this Fund to invest in AI, namely in the United States and partner countries.
Technological companies were committed to investing large sums in expenditure on the development of AI, which raised concerns about the use of energy needed to supply data centers. The International Energy Agency estimates that overall consumption of electricity by data centers could exceed 1,000 Terawatts-hour by 2026, more than twice the amount used by 2022, according to.