NEW: Nvidia and Microsoft Initiate $100 Billion Power Grab to Monopolize AI…

Remember Stargate? Not the 9s sci-fi banger of a show, but the $500 billion AI infrastructure mega-fund backed by SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle that Trump flexed a couple months ago. Well, the official Stargate knockoff just dropped. Nvidia, Elon Musk’s xAI, Microsoft, and BlackRock are piling into their own AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), raising a measly $100 billion to bankroll AI data centers and energy facilities. Bigly.  

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In short, this whole thing reeks of a power grab, plain and simple. AI isn’t just about chatbots and cool image generators anymore. It’s about brute-force computing power, and that means data centers, energy grids, and GPU stockpiles. The companies that control AI infrastructure will control AI itself. And right now, these tech giants are making damn sure no one else gets a seat at that table.

Musk’s involvement is particularly hilarious considering he’s been throwing tantrums over OpenAI for months. The guy went from whining about Sam Altman’s "closed" AI model to building his own closed AI model and now scrambling to secure the compute power to make it work. xAI needs hardware, and lots of it. Nvidia GPUs are basically the only honest woman in town, so you can say that Musk is jumping into bed with Microsoft, and BlackRock to make sure he doesn’t get left behind. Which honestly, isn’t a bad idea.

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But then there’s Microsoft, which has already poured billions into OpenAI but clearly wants a bigger slice of the AI infrastructure pie. By backing AIP, they’re hedging their bets, making sure that no matter which AI ecosystem dominates, they have their hands on the raw computing power that makes it all possible. It’s the same reason BlackRock is here—Larry Fink doesn’t give a sh*t about AI itself. He cares about the money, and AI infrastructure is the closest thing to a guaranteed goldmine in tech right now. 

Which is why the real winner in this whole mess? Well, it’s Nvidia, obviously. It doesn’t matter who “wins” the AI infrastructure war. Stargate, AIP, whatever-the-hell-comes-next—they’re all building data centers stuffed with Nvidia’s chips. Jensen Huang is sitting back, watching everyone fight, and raking in billions while they scramble to outspend each other.  

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However, here’s the bigger issue: Innovation has gone out the window. It’s about control. The companies bankrolling these infrastructure projects aren’t doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. They’re securing their dominance over AI itself. If you thought the internet was monopolized, just wait until the same five companies own every major AI model, the servers they run on, and the power grids that keep them operational.

Meaning, at this point it's not about whether AI is the future, it’s about who gets to own it. And if you’re not a trillion-dollar corporation or a billionaire with a god complex, the answer is: not you. So yeah, this is just another example of AI consolidation, and if you’re not keeping tabs on these companies, it's about high time you start. 

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Of course, do what you will with this information and place your bets accordingly. As always, stay safe and stay frosty, friends! Until next time… 

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