BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft and MGX launch new AI partnership to invest in data centers and supporting power infrastructure
Microsoft News, Tuesday, September 17th, 2024
$100 billion investment potential will enhance American competitiveness in AI while meeting the growing need for energy infrastructure to power economic growth
The drive to develop more powerful AI capabilities will require significant infrastructure investment to support it.
Today, BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Microsoft, and MGX announced the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership (GAIIP) to make investments in new and expanded data centers to meet growing demand for computing power, as well as energy infrastructure to create new sources of power for these facilities. These infrastructure investments will be chiefly in the United States fueling AI innovation and economic growth, and the remainder will be invested in U.S. partner countries.