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Blackstone, Google launch $5B AI cloud venture using TPUs

Blackstone and Google are launching a new AI infrastructure company, backed by $5 billion in equity and a total of $25 billion including debt. This joint venture aims to provide AI compute-as-a-service, utilizing Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and data center capacity. The new entity, led by former Google executive Benjamin Treynor Sloss, plans to bring 500 megawatts of data capacity online next year and will compete with existing neocloud providers. AI

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IMPACT Establishes a new major player in AI infrastructure, challenging existing providers and potentially increasing compute availability.

RANK_REASON Significant joint venture between a major asset manager and a tech giant to build AI infrastructure.

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Blackstone, Google launch $5B AI cloud venture using TPUs

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  1. AI Business TIER_1 · Graham Hope ·

    Blackstone to Invest $5B in AI Cloud Company Using Google TPUs

    The joint venture marks a new business for the tech giant as it enters the neocloud market.

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    Google and Blackstone are building a new AI cloud company with $5B equity ($25B total including debt). It will offer Google's TPU chips outside Google Cloud for

    Google and Blackstone are building a new AI cloud company with $5B equity ($25B total including debt). It will offer Google's TPU chips outside Google Cloud for the first time. 500 MW of capacity planned for 2027. https:// go.aintelligencehub.com/ma-goo gleblackstonecloud # AI # …