Künstliche Intelligenz: Banken stellen 22 Milliarden für KI-Projekt von Google und Blackstone
Crux AI, das gemeinsame Cloud-Unternehmen von Blackstone und Google, bekommt von zehn Banken ein Milliarden-Darlehen. Ein weiterer Mega-Kredit für den Ausbau von KI-Infrastruktur.
New York - A consortium of ten banks has pledged 22 billion US dollars to fund the new Cloud project called Crux AI, launched jointly by financial investor Blackstone and Google's parent company Alphabet. According to Bloomberg, the loan is intended to purchase Google's specialized AI chips known as Tensor Processing Units, as reported on Wednesday based on information from insiders.
This represents the latest large-scale credit in the competition to finance the costly processors necessary for Artificial Intelligence. The loan is secured by the value of these chips and by the customer contracts of Crux AI. The financial institutions involved include Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, Barclays, BNP Paribas, and the Bank of Nova Scotia.
The group is seeking additional lenders to share the risk through syndication, according to the individuals. The mentioned companies initially did not respond to requests for information from Reuters. It is also reported that the loan could later be replaced by a longer-term financing from institutional investors on the Investment-Grade Bond Market.
Some banks are also providing a separate revolving credit line of over a billion dollars, said other sources familiar with the situation.
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