AMD to invest $1bn in Meta as its Helios racks start running there
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GPU vendors taking equity in hyperscalers while deploying Helios-scale racks blurs the line between supplier and strategic LP. If you rely on third-party clouds for AI, assume chip-capital alliances will shape where the best-priced, highest-performance capacity actually lands.
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