Nvidia Backs $250 Million Starcloud Round, Takes Cloverleaf Stake as AI Infrastructure Push Widens
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 21
Nvidia Backs $250 Million Starcloud Round, Takes Cloverleaf Stake as AI Infrastructure Push Widens
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 21
Summary
Nvidia paired a strategic partnership with Cloverleaf Infrastructure with backing for Starcloud’s $250 million Series A, extending its reach beyond GPUs into AI data center buildout.
The move targets bottlenecks in land, power, grid connections and data center capacity that are slowing larger AI computing systems and AI factory development.
Cloverleaf develops sites and foundational infrastructure for large-scale data centers, and Nvidia said its minority investment will help advance that physical layer of the AI stack.
The deals follow Nvidia’s $1.5 billion investment in SB Energy and a 4.25-gigawatt Ohio data center campus agreement, showing a broader strategy to support the AI ecosystem around its chips.
Bloomberg also reported talks with South Korean startup Rebellions, while Newcomer said Nvidia struck a multibillion-dollar agreement with Poolside, underscoring its widening bets across AI infrastructure and software.