Nvidia Partners with OpenAI to Provide Computing Infrastructure and $100 Billion Investment
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· 2 sourcesNvidia and OpenAI have announced a strategic partnership to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters using Nvidia systems, The Verge reported. The deal includes Nvidia's intention to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as each gigawatt of capacity is deployed, supporting OpenAI's pursuit of superintelligence. Hacker News noted that the first phase is targeted to come online in the second half of 2026 using Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform.
Crusty in the right places. Worth the chew.
Summary
Nvidia and OpenAI have announced a strategic partnership where Nvidia will provide OpenAI with significant computing resources and financial investment. The deal includes building at least 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters with Nvidia systems, translating to millions of GPUs to power OpenAI's AI model development. As part of the agreement, Nvidia intends to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as each gigawatt of datacenter capacity is deployed, supporting OpenAI's pursuit of superintelligence.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledOpenAI is teaming up with Nvidia via a "strategic partnership" that will get the ChatGPT-maker more compute and more cash to develop new models on the road to superintelligence
The partnership will allow OpenAI to "build and deploy at least 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters with NVIDIA systems," which translates to millions of GPUs
NVIDIA "intends to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI "as each gigawatt is deployed"
One of the most important points here, besides more data centers and compute — which are always in high demand for companies like OpenAI
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