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Nvidia and xAI Sign On to $30 Billion AI Infrastructure Fund
PYMNTS.com· 2025-03-19 16:11
Group 1 - Elon Musk's xAI and Nvidia have joined a $30 billion AI infrastructure project, aiming to raise up to $100 billion for AI development [1][3] - The AI Infrastructure Fund is backed by BlackRock, Microsoft, and Abu Dhabi AI investment group MGX [1][3] - Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, emphasized that the global buildout of AI infrastructure will benefit companies and countries seeking economic growth and solutions to major challenges [2] Group 2 - The fund aims to construct data centers and secure power sources for AI infrastructure [3] - Huang highlighted the need for massive computing power as AI evolves towards agentic and reasoning models, which require significantly more computation than traditional large language models [4][5] - To maintain responsiveness in AI models, computation speed must increase tenfold, with overall computational needs growing by a factor of 100 [5] Group 3 - The BlackRock/Microsoft fund is not the only initiative; SoftBank and OpenAI also announced their "Stargate" project, planning to invest up to $100 billion in AI infrastructure [6]
2 Tumbling Mega-Cap Stocks That Could Keep Crashing
The Motley Fool· 2025-03-15 18:15
Group 1: Nvidia - Nvidia's stock has declined approximately 20% from its 52-week high, despite impressive results and booming demand for its AI accelerators, with the data center segment generating over $35 billion in the latest quarter [2] - Market optimism is waning as new competitors like DeepSeek challenge the notion that more powerful AI models require increased computing power, indicating potential limitations in AI capabilities [3] - There are concerns about whether sufficient use cases exist to justify the substantial investment in AI infrastructure, with companies facing challenges in implementing AI effectively [4][5] - Nvidia's growth is contingent on the continued advancement of AI capabilities; if this does not occur, the current expansion of AI computing capacity may lead to oversupply and a significant drop in demand for Nvidia's chips [6] Group 2: Tesla - Tesla's stock has fallen nearly 50% from its 52-week high, yet the company retains a valuation of around $800 billion, significantly higher than traditional automakers like General Motors and Ford [10] - CEO Elon Musk's ambitious predictions for Tesla's profits and advancements in technology, such as full autonomy and humanoid robots, have historically proven overly optimistic, raising skepticism among investors [7][9] - Tesla's reputation is closely tied to Musk, and recent controversies and his involvement in global politics may be damaging the brand, with reports of declining sales in Europe and falling used car prices [8][9]