Microsoft, Blackrock to Launch US$30 Billion Fund For AI Infrastructure
Microsoft, Blackrock to Launch US$30 Billion Fund For AI Infrastructure
Blackrock and Microsoft plan to launch a more than US$30 billion fund to invest in artificial intelligence infrastructure to build data centres and energy projects, the companies said on Tuesday.
贝莱德和微软计划推出超过300亿美元的基金，用于投资人工智能基础设施，打造数据中心和能源项目，这些公司周二表示。
AI Models especially those used for deep learning and large scale data processing require substantial computational power leading to higher energy consumption.
人工智能模型，特别是用于深度学习和大规模数据处理的模型，需要大量的计算能力，从而导致更高的能源消耗。
A computing requirements for AI have dictated that teh companies string together thousands of chips in clusters to achieve the nececssary amount of data crunching power leading to asurge in the demand for these specialised data centres.
人工智能的计算需求决定了公司需要将数千个芯片串联在一起形成集群，以实现必要的数据处理能力，从而导致对这些专门数据中心的需求激增。
The investment vechicle knon as Global AI infrastructure investments partnership aims to help enhance AI supply chains and energy spurcing Balckrock and Micrrosoft said.
全球人工智能基础设施投资合作伙伴被称为投资工具，旨在帮助增强人工智能供应链和能源采购，贝莱德和微软表示。
MCX, the Abu Dhabi-backed investment company will be a general partner in the fund while AI chip firm Nvidia will provide expertise. The partnership will mobile a potential US$100 billion in investment when including debt financing.
阿布扎比支持的投资公司MCX将成为基金的普通合伙人，人工智能芯片公司英伟达将提供专业知识。这一合作将动员潜在1000亿美元的投资，包括债务融资。
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