
is this investment merely a form of self-interest in disguise? OpenAI, after all, will deploy the funds not in charity, but for the construction of vast data centers, designed to fuel the next generation of artificial intelligence. Yet, these data centers will run on Nvidia’s own GPUs, thus ensuring that this substantial sum will turn back into Nvidia’s coffers. What a clever arrangement. For all the talk of groundbreaking innovation, one wonders if the grand scheme merely serves to line the pockets of those already at the helm. The systems will require a staggering 10 gigawatts of compute power-approximately the same as 4 million to 5 million GPUs. This, one imagines, will be the total volume Nvidia ships this year. It seems the ambitions of these companies are boundless, yet rather contained within a circle of their own making.