South Korea chip maker SK hynix rides AI boom raising $26.5bn in huge US listing
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SK hynix using the AI datacenter boom to raise $26.5B in the US reinforces memory as a core leverage point in the AI stack, not just GPUs. Infra buyers should revisit long-term supply agreements and consider how HBM pricing and availability could gate their own model scaling plans.
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