Microsoft bought nearly 500,000 Nvidia Hopper chips this year | TechCrunch
Dec 18, 2024 - techcrunch.com
Microsoft significantly increased its purchase of Nvidia Hopper chips in 2024, acquiring 485,000 units, more than double the amount bought by any of its competitors, including Meta, which purchased 224,000. This marks a substantial increase from the previous year, as Microsoft more than tripled its Nvidia chip acquisitions compared to 2023. The company is also developing its own custom AI chips, named Maia, announced at the Ignite conference in late 2023.
In addition to its hardware investments, Microsoft has strengthened its focus on AI by deepening its partnership with OpenAI and participating in a $6.6 billion funding round for the company in October. Furthermore, Microsoft signed a deal to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, securing a 20-year agreement to purchase all the power generated to support its data centers.
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Microsoft purchased 485,000 Nvidia Hopper chips in 2024, more than twice the amount bought by its biggest rivals.
The company's 2024 chip purchase tripled the number of Nvidia chips it bought in 2023.
Microsoft is developing its own custom AI chips, named Maia, announced at the Ignite conference in late 2023.
Microsoft deepened its partnership with OpenAI and participated in a $6.6 billion funding round in October 2024.
