Blackstone Commits $5 Billion to Google AI Cloud Venture Powered by TPU Chips
Google and Blackstone plan to launch an AI cloud venture powered by Google’s TPU chips, with Blackstone committing $5 billion as demand for data-center capacity rises. The company would provide cloud services built on Google’s specialized chips, putting it in competition with AI infrastructure providers such as CoreWeave.
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@reutersGoogle, Blackstone to launch AI cloud venture to meet data centre demand
@ftr_investors$GOOGL $BX Blackstone and Google launched a major AI infrastructure venture to offer cloud access to Google’s TPUs 🤖⚡ ▪️ Blackstone commits $5B upfront ▪️ Total investment could reach $25B ▪️ 500 MW of AI datacenter capacity planned for 20
@wsjExclusive: Google and Blackstone plan to create an AI cloud company to rival the likes of CoreWeave using Google’s specialized chips, according to people familiar with the matter
@reutersGoogle, Blackstone to launch AI cloud venture to meet data centre demand
@cnbcBlackstone to invest $5 billion in AI infrastructure venture with Google, powered by TPU chips
@sonalibasakBlackstone is making a large, $5 billion bet on Google’s TPUs as the duo form a new neocloud. It’s just the latest way BX has doubled down on AI infra. It recently took BXDC public, a REIT that operates in the space and also created a div