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Nvidia Backs Texas Data Center for $50 Billion
28 Jul
Summary
- Nvidia committed $19.6 billion for a 15-year Texas data center lease.
- The facility will house hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs.
- Texas site secured critical electricity access for AI computing.
Nvidia has reportedly committed to a significant long-term lease for a massive data center in Texas. The initial 15-year agreement is valued at $19.6 billion, with renewal options that could extend the commitment to 30 years and a total value of approximately $50 billion.
The 1-gigawatt facility, developed by Hut 8, is slated to house hundreds of thousands of Nvidia Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). A critical aspect of this development is the site's secured access to electricity, a resource that has become increasingly scarce as demand for AI computing clusters surges.
This strategic move could enable Nvidia to sublease capacity to cloud companies. These companies would then resell AI computing services, thereby increasing Nvidia's influence across both the hardware and infrastructure sectors of the AI market. Additionally, Nvidia is rumored to be in discussions for a substantial $250 billion backstop related to an OpenAI data-center project in Ohio.
