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AI infrastructure firms have seen accelerated demand as tech companies and cloud providers ramp up investments in data centers to support large language models and other AI applications. Last week, Alphabet moved to raise $84.75 billion in upsized equity offerings.Listen to this article in summarized format
The company said it will use the proceeds to fulfill orders worth about $39 billion for its advanced AI servers from more than 20 customers.
AI infrastructure firms have seen accelerated demand as tech companies and cloud providers ramp up investments in data centers to support large language models and other AI applications. Last week, Alphabet moved to raise $84.75 billion in upsized equity offerings.
The financing package will include sale of about $3.75 billion in depositary shares and $1.25 billion in common stock to underwriters. Shares of the AI server maker fell 8% in extended trading.
Super Micro also plans to sell shares worth up to $2 billion in an at-the-market offering not before the third quarter.
The company said it may also use a portion of the net proceeds for other purposes, including repayment of debt, additions to working capital and capital expenditures.
