CNBC September 17, 2024
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,...