Nvidia teams with Wall Street firms to help finance $500 billion for AI infrastructure
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AI infra is now a structured-asset class, not just cloud capex — Nvidia lining up more than $500 billion of third-party capital means financial engineering will pace deployment as much as chip design. If you’re building on this stack, assume cheaper, more ubiquitous capacity over the next cycle, but also more scrutiny from capital partners on utilization and long-term contracts.
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