NVIDIA has announced strategic partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish independent AI compute financing platforms designed to mobilize more than US$500 billion in third-party capital over time.

The initiative aims to address surging demand for AI infrastructure as governments, enterprises, startups and research organizations increase investments in artificial intelligence technologies. Through memorandums of understanding signed with the six global financial institutions, NVIDIA plans to create dedicated capital pools that will provide customers with greater access to the computing resources needed to deploy AI at scale.

The partnerships are intended to support AI infrastructure development across NVIDIA’s ecosystem, including frontier AI labs, enterprises and AI cloud providers. Final agreements remain subject to execution.

AI Compute Emerges as a New Infrastructure Asset Class

NVIDIA said its compute platform has evolved into an investable infrastructure asset due to its broad adoption, flexibility across AI workloads and long-term value supported by the CUDA software ecosystem.

“NVIDIA has reached an important milestone. We began by building chips; today, we are helping create a new class of productive, investable infrastructure: AI factories,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.

He added that the financing platforms are designed to help customers gain access to large-scale compute capacity and build AI factories capable of supporting industries and economies worldwide.

The company believes demand for AI infrastructure will continue rising as organizations seek to harness AI for innovation, productivity and economic growth.

Investors Back Long-Term AI Expansion

The participating financial institutions view AI compute as a critical and increasingly scarce infrastructure resource capable of generating long-term economic value.

“The AI build out will require unprecedented investment and a skilled workforce to turn that investment into the infrastructure that will help power future growth,” said Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock.

According to BlackRock, the collaboration combines NVIDIA’s leadership in accelerated computing with long-term capital to help expand AI capacity while supporting economic development and investment opportunities.

Other partners echoed confidence in NVIDIA’s platform and the growing importance of compute infrastructure. The firms highlighted the need for significant capital, infrastructure expertise and financing innovation to convert rising AI demand into large-scale operational capacity.

Expanding Access to AI Capacity

The planned financing platforms could establish one of the first globally scaled markets dedicated to funding AI compute infrastructure. By bringing together leading capital providers and technology infrastructure, NVIDIA aims to make high-performance compute more accessible to customers pursuing AI deployment and expansion initiatives around the world.

August 11, 2026