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A $25B joint venture targets half a gigawatt of custom silicon

development2026-05-20

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Google and Blackstone formed a $25 billion joint venture targeting 500 megawatts of TPU capacity by 2027, while Intel muscled PC makers onto its newest process.

Reported metric: $25B / 500 MW

Reporting date: 2026-05-20 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to May 20, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A $25B joint venture targets half a gigawatt of custom silicon
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Reporting date: 2026-05-20
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-20-a-twenty-five-billion-tpu-venture
Claim: Google and Blackstone formed a $25 billion joint venture targeting 500 megawatts of TPU capacity by 2027, while Intel muscled PC makers onto its newest process.
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- Welcome to May 20, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-20-2026
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