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Explain this story: Samsung and five affiliates put $1bn into KKR’s AI infrastructure firm
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Samsung is giving KKR's new company $1 billion to help build giant computer centers for AI.
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Samsung is giving KKR's new company $1 billion to help build giant computer centers for AI.
What happenedFrom the article
- Samsung and five of its affiliates are investing $1 billion into Helix Digital Infrastructure.
- Helix was founded by KKR to build AI data centers.
- Helix is run by former AWS chief Adam Selipsky and aims to be a comprehensive provider for large cloud and AI companies.
- The investment also positions Samsung to supply components like chips, cooling systems, and backup batteries for AI infrastructure.
Why investors careOur explanation
Building AI data centers requires huge amounts of money for land, power plants, and grid connections. By investing, Samsung could also become a supplier of chips, cooling systems, and batteries to these data centers, which could create new