Internet/e-Commerce: Today’s Tidbits: Google’s new TPU cloud venture & Meta’s AI restructuring

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Internet/e-Commerce: Today’s Tidbits: Google’s new TPU cloud venture & Meta’s AI restructuring

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Internet/e-Commerce

Today’s Tidbits: Google’s new TPU cloud

venture & Meta’s AI restructuring

Industry Overview

Google planning to extend TPU reach with new venture 19 May 2026

Per the WSJ, Alphabet and Blackstone are planning to launch a new AI cloud company Equity

leveraging Google’s TPU infrastructure. The venture is expected to be majority-owned by United States

Blackstone, which will commit $5bn in equity capital while Google will provide the Justin Post

underlying hardware (including TPUs), along with software and services. The report Research Analyst

noted that the companies are targeting ~500MW of capacity by 2027 (for reference we BofAS+1 415 676 3547

estimate AWS at 16GW at year end 2025) and have already identified a pipeline of data justin.post@bofa.com

centers, some of which are already under construction. The new company will reportedly Nitin Bansal, CFA

use debt leverage to help fund investments. Our Take: The new venture could accelerate ResearchBofAS Analyst

ecosystem adoption and monetization of TPU capacity, a positive for Google. However, we +1 415 676 3551

nbansal7@bofa.com

wonder why TPU capacity sales through the new venture would be beneficial for Google vs

direct sales to customers. Possible positives include external funding commitments for TPU

capacity (preferable to internal funding?), and Google could see equity upside. For the

industry as a whole, the new venture could also increase debt-based funding of sector capex,

raising concerns on a potential sector bubble, and increase perceived competition vs

existing chip suppliers. We expect investor questions on Google’s financial commitments to

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the venture.