High-frequency trading firms such as Jane Street are investing in AI and chip startups and neoclouds, and building data centers to gain an edge in the AI era
THE SO WHAT
When HFT shops start building their own AI data centers and backing chip and neocloud vendors, they're treating compute and latency as proprietary alpha, not a utility. If you're a large buyer of AI infra, expect more competition for power, land, and specialized silicon—and start mapping where you need dedicated capacity versus commodity cloud.
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