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Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips
Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.
TL;DR
- Lambda has raised $1 billion in private, short-dated debt.
- The funds will be used to purchase Nvidia AI chips.
- These chips will be leased to Microsoft.
- The debt structure suggests Lambda anticipates rapid chip deployment and revenue generation.
- This follows previous large funding rounds for Lambda, including a $1 billion secured credit facility and a $926 million loan for Nvidia GB300 GPUs.
- Lambda is reportedly in talks for a $3 billion pre-IPO funding round.
- Globally, banks and tech companies have raised over $400 billion in AI-related debt in 2026.
- JP Morgan Chase arranged the debt deal.