CNBC September 17, 2024
Jordan Novet

Key Points

– The Global Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Investment Partnership is initially looking to raise $30 billion for new and existing data centers.

– The fundraising, which could total $100 billion, will also be used to invest in the energy infrastructure needed to power AI workloads.

– Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the initiative brings “together financial and industry leaders to build the infrastructure of the future and power it in a sustainable way.”

Microsoft and BlackRock are part of a group of companies collaborating to pull together up to $100 billion to develop data centers for artificial intelligence and the energy infrastructure to power them.

The companies are part of the Global Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Investment Partnership, or GAIIP,...

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