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Amazon reportedly to sell $8 billion of AI chips and lease them back
Original: Report: Amazon to offload $8B worth of AI chips, lease them back
Amazon is reportedly planning to offload roughly $8 billion worth of AI chips and then lease them back, according to a report by SiliconANGLE. The sale-and-leaseback arrangement would let the company free up capital tied to expensive AI hardware while retaining access to the chips for its cloud and AI workloads. The move reflects the enormous upfront costs of building out AI infrastructure, and it is drawing attention as other hyperscalers weigh similar financing strategies.
Why now: It signals a novel financing move in the capital-intensive race to build AI infrastructure.
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