Applied Digital Gets Help in Building AI Data Centers. Macquarie Joins Nvidia as Investor. -- Barrons.com

Dow Jones
14 Jan

By Emily Dattilo

Shares of Applied Digital were trading sharply higher after the operator of artificial-intelligence data centers announced it would be receiving up to $5 billion from Macquarie Asset Management.

Applied Digital stock gained 25% to $9.72, putting it on track for its largest daily percentage increase since September, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

Funds managed by Macquarie will invest up to $900 million in one of the company's high-performance-computing, or HPC, data center campuses. The agreement also provides the asset manager the right to invest up to an additional $4.1 billion across the company's future HPC data center pipeline.

The Macquarie investment will take the form of a 15% equity interest of the HPC business segment, while Applied Digital will hold an 85% ownership stake.

The announcement follows news last year that investors including Nvidia and the real estate company Related Cos. were providing $160 million in financing to Applied Digital.

Quarterly earnings from Applied Digital are scheduled for after the stock market closes Tuesday.

Write to Emily Dattilo at emily.dattilo@dowjones.com

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