Nvidia partners with Apollo, BlackRock, and others on $500B AI financing push Proactive uses images sourced from ShutterstockNvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) is partnering with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to build financing platforms aimed at mobilizing more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure. The agreements, structured as memorandums of understanding, are designed to let outside investors fund the buildout of data centers, power and other AI infrastructure without adding directly to Nvidia's balance sheet. Under the arrangements, the six financial institutions would help channel capital to independent platforms building AI infrastructure based on Nvidia hardware, rather than Nvidia financing the projects itself. "Compute that is fungible and transferable across operators, with CUDA continuously extending useful life, keeps resell/rental rates high and depreciation curves benign. Wedbush analysts described the financing pool as another mechanism likely to reinforce Nvidia's position.