KKR, Nvidia Back $10 Billion AI Infrastructure Venture
Helix Digital Infrastructure launches as investors race to finance the power, data center and connectivity networks behind the AI boom.
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A KKR-led group has launched Helix Digital Infrastructure, a new company backed by more than $10 billion in committed capital to finance infrastructure for artificial intelligence.
The company brings together KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, Nvidia and power producer Vistra as demand for AI computing strains data centers, power supplies and digital networks.
Helix will be led by Adam Selipsky, the former chief executive of Amazon Web Services, and will focus on developing and operating infrastructure assets that support AI workloads, including hyperscale data centers, power generation facilities, transmission networks and fiber connectivity.
The launch reflects a growing shift in the AI industry. As technology companies commit hundreds of billions of dollars to AI development, access to electricity, land, financing and network infrastructure has emerged as a major bottleneck.
Data center construction across the United States has accelerated sharply over the past two years, straining power supplies and creating shortages of key equipment needed to bring facilities online.
Helix aims to address those constraints by combining infrastructure financing, power sourcing and data center development under a single platform.
“Large users of digital infrastructure have an urgent need to reduce complexity and unlock new capacity,” Selipsky said in a statement. In a separate LinkedIn post, he argued that data centers, power systems and connectivity networks have traditionally been developed independently, creating delays as AI infrastructure demand accelerates.
Nvidia will serve as a strategic technology partner and support deployments based on its AI data center architecture, while Vistra will act as Helix’s preferred power provider.
The announcement comes amid a broader wave of private capital flowing into AI infrastructure. Earlier this week, Apollo and Blackstone said they would help finance a $35 billion expansion of AI capacity tied to Anthropic, highlighting the increasingly important role of private equity and infrastructure investors in funding the industry’s buildout.
For investors, AI infrastructure is becoming one of the most capital-intensive opportunities in technology. Morgan Stanley recently estimated that spending by major cloud providers on AI-related infrastructure could exceed $1 trillion annually by 2027, driving demand not only for chips and data centers but also for the power generation and transmission assets needed to operate them.
Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said demand for AI computing facilities was contributing to what he called one of the largest “infrastructure buildouts in modern history.”
The creation of Helix underscores how the AI race is increasingly becoming an infrastructure race.
