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☆ Apple investors get 2 new signs that the tech behemoth is taking AI more seriously
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

There's mounting evidence of how serious Apple is about artificial intelligence, Jim Cramer said Tuesday, pointing to a Wall Street Journal report about the tech giant developing AI data center chips. "This is the beginning of what I regard as the Apple offense on AI." He also reiterated his Apple stock mantra: "Own it, don't trade it." Following a 48% gain last year and an all-time just under $200 per share back in December, Apple shares fell on hard times. Jim suggested Tuesday that Apple investors will be rewarded for their patience once management fully unveils their forthcoming AI strategy.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Jim, Tim Cook Organizations: Wall, Apple, Data Centers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Big Tech, Developers Conference

☆ 3 catalysts we learned from earnings that should push our industrial stocks higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The industrial-focused names in the Club's portfolio wrapped up a pretty solid earnings season last week, but their stocks were largely not rewarded. AI spending First, a surge in AI investments was welcomed news for Eaton, DuPont and Linde. "Everything was about as perfect as you can get this quarter," Jim Cramer said after the print. LIN YTD mountain Linde (LIN) year-to-date performance Linde posted mixed a quarterly Thursday — an earnings beat but a revenue miss. Destocking Destocking, or whittling down excess inventory, was important at Stanley Black & Decker, DuPont, and Honeywell.

Persons: toolmaker Stanley Black, Linde, DuPont, Eaton, Craig Arnold, Jim Cramer, Ed Breen, Jim, Sanjiv Lamba, Stanley Black, Decker, Wall, SWK, destocking, Vimal Kapur, Kapur, Lamba, Matthew White, Price, we're, Jim Cramer's Organizations: Honeywell, Eaton, DuPont, Linde, Electrical, workloads, Club, de Nemours, Management, LIN, The, Stanley, Supply, Technologies, CNBC, Power Locations: Eaton, U.S, Pleasanton , California

☆ AI could drive a natural gas boom as power companies face surging electricity demand
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

AI data centers alone are expected to add about 323 terawatt hours of electricity demand in the U.S. by 2030, according to Wells Fargo. The forecast power demand from AI alone is seven times greater than New York City's current annual electricity consumption of 48 terawatt hours. The natural gas industry is betting gas will serve as the preferred choice. Coal plant retirements and data centers could result in 6 bcf/d of new natural gas demand in EQT's backyard by 2030, the CEO said. The level of electricity demand could help lift natural gas prices out of the doldrums.

Persons: Kena, Goldman Sachs, Robert, Richard Kinder, Kinder Morgan, Kinder, Roger Read, Wells, Goldman, Toby Rice, Rice, CNBC's, Christopher Womack, Robert Blue, EQT, Jeremy Knop, Knop, Blue, Read, Lynn, Zack Van Everen, Robert Kinder Organizations: Linden, View Press, Getty, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Rystad Energy, Robert Blue Dominion Energy, Gas, Holt, Co, EQT Corp, U.S ., Dominion Energy, Georgia Power, Southern Company, Dominion, Renewables, CNBC, Lynn Good, Energy Locations: Linden New Jersey, U.S, Wells, Wells Fargo, New York, Houston, Pickering, Northern Virginia, Georgia, Appalachian, Virginia, Gulf

☆ Power demand from data centers is expected to boom by 160% into 2030, boosting electricity needs at a rate unseen in a century. These 16 buy-rated stocks are set to benefit, according to Goldman Sachs
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

According to an April 28 report from Goldman Sachs, the demand for power from AI data centers is expected to increase by 160% between 2023 and 2030. The report states that the rate of demand growth expected in the next five years has not been witnessed since the beginning of the century. AdvertisementFluence Energy (FLNC) provides clean energy storage that can serve as a power supply backup source if data centers experience outages. NextEra Energy (NEE) is a US energy company already providing power to data centers and demand from its electricity supply is expected to grow. nVent Electric (NVT) is an electrical parts supplier that provides liquid cooling, enclosures, power distribution, and cable management for data centers.

Persons: —, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's, Kinder Morgan Organizations: Service, Real, Business, Microsoft, Fluence, Google, GE, NextEra Energy, Co, Georgia Power, Xcel Energy, Cameco Corporation, EQT Corp, Caterpillar, Eaton Corporation, MYR Locations: US, Canadian

☆ We are hiking our price target on Eaton as demand for AI computing power heats up
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Sales, earnings, segment profit margin, and organic growth all came in ahead of expectations, despite some minor misses in certain operating segments. In addition to the strong headline results, Electrical Americas, its biggest division, realized another record for sales, segment profit, and segment margins — driven partly by data center demand for AI computing power. Electrical Americas achieved yet another record for sales, segment profit, and segment margins with management noting strength in the data center market. Management expects a segment margin of 22.4% to 22.8%, ahead of the 22.4% midpoint estimate. Electrical Americas achieved yet another record for sales, segment profit, and segment margins with management noting strength in the data center market.

Persons: Eaton, Parker, Craig Arnold, Arnold, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: Revenue, LSEG, Hannifin, DuPont, Honeywell, Electrical, Management, Aerospace, CNBC, Eaton Corporation, NYSE, NYSE Eaton Locations: North America, Electrical Americas, U.S, Eaton, Americas

☆ Jim Cramer's favorite investment themes in this rough market and 3 stocks he likes now
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Here are the responses from Jim Cramer and Director of Portfolio Analysis Jeff Marks. (Gary, Philadelphia) Jim Cramer: Go to Club holding Costco's website and buy gold. When we do see a lot of parabolic moves happening in the market that's usually a sign for us to start raising cash. (Sonny) Jim Cramer: Former President Donald Trump wants more defense. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

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☆ Trump's hush-money trial is set to heat up
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's newsletter, we're looking at the first week of former President Donald Trump's criminal trial and what's at stake. What's on deck:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump's hush-money trial — the first-ever criminal trial of a former president — got underway this week with jury selection . We did get a preview of Trump's potential defense: " Some accountant " handled the paperwork he's on trial for, Trump told reporters. AdvertisementThe trial is focused on 34 felonies alleging the Trump Organization's business records were falsified to hide other crimes.

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☆ Booming construction of AI data centers is creating constraints on the power grid. These 6 stocks are set to profit from the demand for better infrastructure, according to Bank of America.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It called this strategy "The AI trade after the trade" and identified 50 stocks that could fall under this category. It takes massive data centers to train and distribute LLMs for public use. An April 17 note from Bank of America led by Thomas Thornton, the head of research marketing, estimates that data centers under construction will initially increase power usage from these facilities by 50%. For the electrical and thermal equipment needed to run data centers, investors can look to Vertiv (VRT), according to Andrew Obin, a research analyst at Bank of America. As demand for data centers grows, these companies are experiencing increased pricing power, according to research analyst David W. Barden.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, there's, Thomas Thornton, It's, Andrew Obin, Michael Feniger, David W, Barden Organizations: Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, Google, Business, Bank of America, Caterpillar

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft, Boeing, First Solar & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley reiterates Netflix as overweight Morgan Stanley raised its price target on the stock to $700 per share from $600. Morgan Stanley reiterates Starbucks as overweight Morgan Stanley lowered its price target to $115 per share from $120 but says it's sticking with Starbucks shares. "Charles Schwab's profitability, earnings growth, and free cash flow yield make it an attractive stock in the Financial sector." "Our 12-month price target of $84 (17% potential upside) is unchanged and we maintain our Buy rating on the stock." Goldman Sacks reiterates Apple as buy Goldman said it's sticking with its buy rating ahead of earnings in early May.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Wolfe, Piper Sandler, Charles Schwab, Piper, Schwab, Charles, Marvell, Jefferies, ASO's, BTIG, it's, Rosenblatt, Raymond James, Goldman Sacks, Apple, Goldman, Janney, Tesla Organizations: Netflix, BMO, Microsoft, Starbucks, JPMorgan, " Bank of America, Bank of America, Sports, Environment, UBS, NYSE, Energy, Arista Networks, Arista, AI Data Center, Mizuho, Citi, Cisco Citi, Cisco, Boeing, Novo Nordisk Locations: South America, Europe, China

☆ Want to ride the next wave of the AI trade beyond tech? These 2 portfolio stocks fit the bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Eaton and DuPont are both unconventional AI plays, as the data center market grows to meet the demands of the generative AI boom. Wells Fargo Investment Institute last month described rising data center demand as having positive "trickle-down effects" on the industrial sector. WFII wrote that spending from Big Tech firms into data centers, in particular, creates "meaningful downstream impacts" for industrial companies. Amazon Web Services is reportedly investing nearly $150 billion in data centers within the next 15 years to support AI efforts. During a Barclays investor conference in February, CFO Lori Koch said DuPont's data center and AI exposure will help boost the company's electronics business.

Persons: Eaton, Jensen Huang, Huang, chipmaker, Sameer Samana, WFII, Jim Cramer, Eaton's, DuPont, Lori Koch, Koch, Jim Cramer's Organizations: The, DuPont, Club, Nvidia, Wells, Wells Fargo Investment Institute, CNBC, Big Tech, —, Microsoft, Services, McKinsey, workloads, Electrical, Management, Barclays, Wall Street, RBC Capital Markets, Eaton, RBC, U.S, De Nemours, DuPont's Electronics, Semiconductor Technologies, DuPont's Semiconductor Technologies, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: Wells Fargo, U.S, Eaton, China

☆ Microsoft is about to pump billions more into AI data centers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Microsoft plans to invest $2.9 billion in AI data centers in Japan by 2025, according to reports. In November, Microsoft announced it'd spend roughly $3 billion on AI data centers in the UK. AdvertisementMicrosoft is investing some serious capital in new AI data centers, and Japan is the latest country to benefit. The tech giant plans to pour $2.9 billion into AI data centers in Japan by 2025, according to reports in Reuters and Nikkei Asia. As part of its investment — the company's largest ever in Japan — Microsoft will place advanced AI semiconductors in two of Japan's existing data centers, Nikkei Asia reported.

Persons: it'd, — Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Nikkei, Business Locations: Japan, Nikkei Asia

☆ AI data centers are going to need a lot of power. These utility stocks could benefit, Evercore ISI says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Artificial intelligence data centers will require plenty of electricity – and that could bode well for a select group of utility stocks, Evercore ISI said. He expects the power load from data center and/or AI to be met 50% with gas, 25% with solar and 25% with wind. Baltimore-based Constellation Energy was highlighted by Evercore, which rates the stock as outperform. CEG YTD mountain Constellation energy stock has climbed nearly 63% in 2024. VST YTD mountain Vistra stock has climbed more than 90% in 2024.

Persons: bode, Durgesh Chopra, Chopra, Vistra, Evercore Organizations: McKinsey & Co, Constellation Energy, Public Service Enterprise Group, AES Corp Locations: Baltimore, U.S

☆ Opinion: 25 years later, ‘The Matrix’ is less sci-fi than tech reality
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Opinion Rizwan Virk | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

In 2003, Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom imagined a “technologically mature” civilization could easily create a simulated world. With simulated worlds far outnumbering the “real” world, the likelihood that we are in a simulation would be significantly higher than not. Remember, the simulations would be so good that you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a physical and a simulated world. Either the signals are being beamed directly into your brain, or we are simply AI characters inside the simulation. Already, millions of humans are chatting with AI characters, and millions of dollars are pouring into making AI characters more realistic.

Persons: Virk, X, CNN — It’s, ”, Lana, Lilly Wachowski, Philip K, Dick, Tessa, Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, Nick Bostrom, Elon Musk, Smith, Hugo Weaving, Carrie Ann, Moss, Musk, OpenAI, it’s, Reeves ’ Organizations: Labs, MIT, Physics, Eastern, Arizona State University’s College of Global Futures, Center for Science, CNN, Apple, Trinity Locations: zenentrepreneur.com, Oxford, Silicon, Silicon Valley

☆ The quiet rally in energy continues, lifting our lone oil-and-gas stock higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The rally this month comes alongside roughly $3-per-barrel rally in the price of oil, while natural gas has slipped back. "There's a piece in the Wall Street Journal about how AI data centers will consume so much power that it could overwhelm the grid. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Coterra, Nelson Peltz, Jim, Mizuho, Ford, Eaton, Jim Cramer's, Liz Hampton Organizations: CNBC, Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Energy, Club, Disney, Barclays, Nvidia, GTC, Ford, Rivian Automotive, Eaton Corp, Street Journal, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: California, Loco Hills, New Mexico, U.S

☆ We're hiking our price targets on Nvidia and two other rallying portfolio stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia price target increased to $1,050 NVDA YTD mountain Nvidia YTD Coming off a bullish GTC conference where Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made the case that the artificial intelligence investment cycle is still in its early innings, we are increasing price target on the chip giant to $1,050 per share from $850. We're increasing our Eaton price target to $330 per share from $290 and reiterating our buy-equivalent 1 rating. As a sanity check, Bank of America increased its Eaton price target to $340 from $330 on Thursday following a meeting with management. Wells Fargo raised to $60 WFC YTD mountain Wells Fargo YTD Wells Fargo has made a string of new 52-week highs, and we think those gains can continue due to better-than-expected net interest income performance from higher interest rates, more buybacks, and ongoing cost discipline. We're increasing our Wells Fargo price target to $60 per share from $54 and reiterating our 2 rating.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Jensen, playbook, It's, Jim Cramer, Eaton, We're, Wells Fargo, Charlie Scharf, He's, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Josh Edelson Organizations: Nvidia, Blackwell, Bank of America, CNBC, Intelligence, SAP Center, Afp, Getty Locations: Eaton, Wells, Wells Fargo, ETN, San Jose , California

☆ Best of CNBC Pro this week: How to trade Nvidia and alternatives to the AI juggernaut
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

CNBC Pro readers flocked this week to several stories on Nvidia and other ways to play the stock's monstrous rally. The top Pro story this week was " Sell Nvidia or stick with it? Other stocks could see a lift in the coming week off the Nvidia conference including AMD, Broadcom and Oracle. How to trade Nvidia In a column Monday, Fairlead Strategies founder Katie Stockton gave a guide to how to trade stocks that have " gone parabolic " like Nvidia and Meta. Nvidia alternatives Another top-performing Pro story this week was David Keller's on the potential breakout in Block , the parent company of Square.

Persons: Vahan Janjigian, he's, We've, Cantor Fitzgerald, C.J, Muse, Katie Stockton, Stockton, David Keller's, Keller, Stephanie Niven, Niven, BofA Organizations: CNBC Pro, Nvidia, Greenwich Wealth Management, Bank of America, NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, Oracle, Meta, KLA Corp

☆ Crypto and AI data centers are driving up energy consumption forecast: ClearView Energy’s Tim Fox
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCrypto and AI data centers are driving up energy consumption forecast: ClearView Energy’s Tim FoxTimothy Fox, ClearView Energy Partners managing director, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the impact of crypto mining and AI surge on the U.S. energy grid, what it means for the power sector at large, and more.

Persons: Tim Fox Timothy Fox Organizations: ClearView Energy Partners

☆ Larry Ellison is $15 billion richer after Oracle's best day on stock market since 2021
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Ari Levy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oracle founder Larry Ellison notched a $15 billion gain on Tuesday after shares of his software company had their best day in over two years and closed at a record. Oracle shares soared 12% to close at $127.54, after the software vendor reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations. "We are building large numbers of data centers and some of those data centers are smallish, but some of those data centers are the largest AI data centers in the world." Over the past year, Oracle shares have now spiked 52%, lifting Ellison's worth by about $50 billion. Unlike Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison has been hanging onto all his stock rather than selling off chunks.

Persons: Larry Ellison, Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, FactSet, hasn't, Bezos Organizations: Oracle Inc, Oracle, Forbes, Boeing Locations: Hamilton , Bermuda, United States

☆ A Google engineer ran a secret startup in China while stealing AI technology, DOJ alleges
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Google employee was accused by the DOJ of stealing confidential AI technology. The DOJ also said he ran a Chinese-based startup while employed as a software engineer at Google. AdvertisementA Google employee indicted by the US Department of Justice has been accused of stealing confidential AI technology while secretly working for tech companies in China. The indictment said Ding, who lived in Newark and was a Chinese national, joined Google as a software engineer in 2019. In May 2022, Ding started secretly uploading confidential information from Google to his private Google Cloud account, the indictment alleged.

Persons: Linwei Ding, —, Leon Ding, Ding, Castañeda, Merrick Garland Organizations: DOJ, Google, Service, US Department of Justice, Authorities, Business, Prosecutors, FBI, supercomputing Locations: China, Newark , California, Newark, Chinese

☆ 6 rules to follow to invest like Jim Cramer from when to buy and sell and when to be patient
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

On the other hand, if you find a great company with a broken stock, the price will eventually follow the strong fundamentals. We didn't see anything on the earnings release or hear anything on the conference call that led us to believe otherwise. Look no further than Danaher 's fourth-quarter earnings release and price reaction. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Jim Cramer, aren't, it's, Omaha Warren Buffett, Patience, Nelson Peltz, Jim, he's, isn't, Jim Cramer's Organizations: CNBC, Bulls, Microsoft, Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto, Palo, Investors, GE Healthcare, Abbott Labs, Omaha, Disney, ESPN, Charitable Trust, Investing, Broadcom, VMware, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: New York City, GLP1, cybersecurity

☆ AI is having a '1995 moment'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewArtificial intelligence is having a 90s-like boom — and one analyst says Nvidia is leading the charge. "This is a 1995 Moment as now the AI Revolution and $1 trillion of incremental spending over the next decade is hitting the software ecosystem and rest of tech sector," Dan Ives, a tech analyst at Wedbush Securities, wrote in a recent analyst note. "The AI Revolution starts with Nvidia and in our view, the AI party and popcorn is just getting started," Ives said. "We started the AI journey with the hyperscale cloud providers and consumer internet companies," Huang said. "We're really just getting started," Huang said.

Persons: —, Dan Ives, Ives, Nvidia didn't, Jensen Huang —, Nvidia who's, Huang Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Wedbush Securities, Business, Adobe, Oracle

☆ This industrial stock keeps hitting record highs — what's behind the rally and what's next
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

It's been a great month for Eaton stock. The power management company notched a series of record highs during a lengthy post-earnings rally that saw shares surge 17% in February. They include infrastructure spending, further artificial intelligence adoption necessitating the construction of more data centers, the acceleration of the transition to clean energy, and the rise of nearshoring and onshoring. The semiconductor giant's results highlighted strength and demand for data centers — a big part of Eaton's overall business and sales. AI data centers require lots more electrical components, which will likely show up on Eaton's order book down the line.

Persons: It's, what's, Eaton, Joe Biden's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Brendan McDermid Organizations: Eaton, Infrastructure Investment, Jobs, Nvidia, CNBC, Traders, New York Stock Exchange Locations: Eaton

☆ What the latest inflation data means for interest rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're looking at what a hotter-than-expected inflation report means for markets and the econom y . That silver lining doesn’t address the elephant in the room: What does the latest CPI data mean for interest rates? AdvertisementMadison Hoff/Noah Sheidlower/Business InsiderThe hot inflation report comes just a few weeks after some industry experts felt the market was in a perfect position. Stubbornly elevated inflation means Powell might be less willing to cut rates and risk further fueling inflation. It’s particularly painful for smaller companies, which tend to carry floating-rate debt more susceptible to elevated interest rates.

Persons: —, Angela Weiss, Insider’s Madison Hoff, BI’s Aruni Soni, Madison Hoff, Noah Sheidlower, we’ve, Jerome Powell, Powell, Jim Zelter, BI’s Yuheng Zhan, Alyssa Powell, Peter Thiel, bitcoin, Noah Berger Sam Altman’s, Jensen Huang, Altman's, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Bezos, Rob Dobi, doomsayers, Brace, Dan DeFrancesco, Hallam Bullock, Jordan Parker Erb, George Glover Organizations: Business, Service, Dow Jones, Bank of America, Apollo Global Management, Federal Reserve Bank of New, BlackRock, Strategic Investors Group, BI, Fund, Reuters, Apple Vision, BI Sky, Employees, Cisco Systems, Sony, McLaren Locations: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Dubai, Miami, Washington, New York, London

☆ Sam Altman's $7 trillion chip dreams are way off the mark, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Altman, the OpenAI chief, is reportedly trying to raise trillions to boost supplies of the chips needed for AI processing. The Nvidia CEO said AI infrastructure costs would be considerably less than the $5 trillion to $7 trillion Altman is reportedly trying to raise because of expected advances in computing. He also suggested that the cost of building AI data centers globally would amount to $2 trillion by 2029. Huang said: “There’s about a trillion dollars’ worth of installed base of data centers. Nvidia has held talks with companies including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google and Meta to develop custom chips for data centers, unnamed sources told Reuters.

Persons: —, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Altman, Huang, Omar Al Olama, ” Huang, OpenAI didn’t Organizations: Service, Nvidia, World Governments, Business, United, United Arab Emirates ’, Street, Microsoft, Google, Reuters Locations: Dubai, United Arab, UAE

☆ Tending to AI's power needs is a booming business. These stocks are in the sweet spot
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

In fact, "data centers are taking a disproportionate amount of incremental capacity being added by electrical equipment manufacturers." Much of the energy data centers consume is used to train AI models as well as to run them. Natural resources, power supply, funding — the necessities that allow for the existence of the data centers — aren't exactly infinite. The company's business took off last year as data centers began to need more electrical equipment capacity and generated more heat. JPMorgan has a neutral rating on GE with a $124 price target, 5.5% below the stock's Monday close.

Persons: Andrew Obin, Stephen Tusa, Obin, It's, TD Cowen, Michael Elias, Tusa, Eaton, hasn't, Elias, I've, Hubbell, repurposing, Martyn Briggs Organizations: Nvidia, Bank of America, JPMorgan, General Electric, Hubbell Power Systems, U.S . Department of Energy, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Power, Bloomberg, Energy, GE, Dominion Energy, Dominion Locations: Eaton, BofA, U.S, Northern Virginia, FactSet

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