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Matt Miller

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Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

You're talking about Trac Capital.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

It was started by an entrepreneur, Grant Van Ruyen, who's done data centers before.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Certainly, they've done them.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

But in this particular case, you're exactly right.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Trac has a deal with NVIDIA where they promise they're going to buy data center capacity in the future.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

There's no revenue from this company at this point.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

But Trac has set this up as a subsidiary.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

So

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

It's not guaranteeing the $3.8 billion in debt that you're referring to, but it's really a bet that they're going to be able to construct a data center, get power connected to that data center, and begin to sell AI services in the future.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

We'll see if it works, but there's a lot of this kind of speculative financing going on to try to support what's a very fast build-out of these data centers.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

So it'll be a fascinating deal to watch.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Yeah, just having NVIDIA on your client list, the name there is enough to get you pretty good credit.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Peter Elstrom, thanks very much for that.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Let's talk about one of the other chip makers that we're watching today, and that is Supermicro, the company facing growing investor concern after a string of self-inflicted setbacks.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Most recently, its co-founder was indicted on charges of circumventing U.S.

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Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

export restrictions to China.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

For more on the stock, Bloomberg Tech...

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Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

equities reporter Ryan Vlastelica joins us.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

And Ryan, it just looks like investors are leaving this company again in droves.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Yeah, absolutely.