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Google and Blackstone form a new U.S.-based AI cloud company supplying TPUs and data center capacity with Blackstone committing $5 billion and first 500 megawatts online in 2027

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Joint venture will compete with specialized providers such as CoreWeave.

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Lisan al Gaib#980@SCALING01OPLauren ThomasLauren Thomas@LAURENTHOMAS

SCOOP w/ @CaraRLombardo: Google and Blackstone plan to create a new AI cloud company to rival the likes of CoreWeave, using Google’s specialized chips. The business will launch with $5 billion in equity capital from Blackstone, which will be the majority owner. $GOOGL $BX https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-and-blackstone-to-create-new-ai-cloud-company-0e35b91f?st=J98WPr

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QUOTE POSTAndrew Curran#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_

Official announcement.

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WSJ:

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QUOTE POSTZephyr#1497Zephyr@ZEPHYR_Z9

Google Cloud will supply compute to everyone except GDM LOL

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