BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft Lead $40B AI Data Center Bet Amid Bitcoin Miner Stock Surge
A consortium of industry titans including BlackRock, Nvidia, and Microsoft is making a strategic $40 billion play for Aligned Data Centers. This infrastructure acquisition signals intensifying competition for AI development resources, coinciding with renewed investor interest in Bitcoin mining stocks.
The deal underscores how traditional finance and tech giants are increasingly converging with crypto-adjacent infrastructure plays. While no specific cryptocurrencies are mentioned in the transaction, the capital influx into data center capacity could indirectly benefit proof-of-work networks through improved energy infrastructure.