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Dell Shares rose about 4% on Friday following reports from Bloomberg that Elon Musk startup Xai is preparing a deal to buy a $5 billion artificial intelligence server from a hardware manufacturer.
Included equipment nvidiaThe GB200 Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) will be available this year, according to Bloomberg, which cited an unnamed source.
Many data center gear makers are growing by selling boxes for training and running AI models. Dell said in November that it had $3.6 billion in quarterly order demand for AI servers. Dell’s total revenue for the most recent quarter increased 10% year-on-year.
In December, Xai announced a $6 billion funding round. CNBC reported that Musk startups, competing with Openai, are raising funds to buy GPUs. Xai’s Grok assistant is available to people who can use it on the X owned by Musk.
Musk is building a Xai facility in Memphis, Tennessee.
Dell declined to comment. Xai did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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