Private Capital Powers Big Tech’s AI Ambitions
THE SO WHAT
Nvidia lining up $500B from Apollo, Goldman, BlackRock and others means AI infra is now financed like long-lived industrial assets, not just cloud opex. If you're not a mega-cap, assume your competition may be backed by private credit structures you can't match—your edge has to be focus, not capex.
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