POWER HUNGRY | Second in a Seattle Times and ProPublica series about the impact of data centers in Washington. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times. Times Watchdog stories dig deep to hold power accountable, right wrongs and create change. This work is made possible by The … Read more
Nvidia’s stock increased by nearly 2% to 1 after announcements at their annual developer conference in San Jose, California. The company revealed its new flagship AI processor, Blackwell, expected to ship later this year, with CEO Jensen Huang highlighting a potential data center market worth over 0 billion. Nvidia is transitioning from selling individual chips to complete systems to capture a larger share of data center spending. The Blackwell processor, developed in collaboration with TSMC to avoid previous bottlenecks, is claimed to be 30 times faster at certain tasks than its predecessor and is priced between ,000 and ,000. Nvidia is also working with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix on high bandwidth memory chips, with SK Hynix beginning mass production of HBM3E chips for Nvidia. Over the past 12 months, Nvidia’s stock has more than tripled, making it the third-most valuable company in the US stock market. Despite a high valuation, analysts have raised their future earnings estimates for Nvidia, with major customers like Amazon, Google, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Tesla expected to use the new chip. Morningstar analysts predict Nvidia will maintain its “best-of-breed” status in the AI industry and have increased their revenue forecasts for the company’s data center business.