GoKawiilNvidia reportedly in talks to turn 130 Brightspeed buildings into mini data centers
Nvidia has pitched Apollo Global Management, Brightspeed's parent company, on converting roughly 130 existing telecom buildings into small data centers, according to The Information. Apollo asked for written plans, which Nvidia has since provided along with requests for site data and visits. The sites could reportedly deliver about 1 gigawatt of combined compute capacity, enough for over 2,200 Supermicro Vera Rubin NVL72 racks.
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The move could let Nvidia and Apollo deploy GPU capacity faster by reusing buildings that already have power and connectivity infrastructure, potentially sidestepping the lengthy permitting and community opposition typical of new data center construction. It may also help Apollo find a home for the large volume of Vera Rubin GPUs it has committed to buying, including through its reported $40 billion SpaceX-linked deal, though ownership of the chips in these facilities remains unclear.
- Nvidia is reportedly negotiating with Brightspeed's parent Apollo to repurpose about 130 telecom buildings for compute use.
- The sites could theoretically support over 2,200 Vera Rubin NVL72 racks, roughly 1 gigawatt of capacity.
- Retrofitting existing buildings could speed deployment by avoiding the permitting delays and local pushback new data centers often face.
Source: tomshardware.com — Jowi Morales, 2026-11-06
Published there as: “Nvidia wants to repurpose over 130 old telco buildings as tiny data centers, report claims”
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