Helix Infrastructure launches $10 B to build AI data centers

A new venture backed by more than $10 billion in capital commitments launched on Thursday to build the integrated physical infrastructure required for artificial intelligence. Helix Digital Infrastructure Inc., created by investment firm KKR, will serve as a single coordination point for hyperscale cloud providers, combining data center construction, power supply, fiber connectivity, and long-term financing under one platform.

The company is led by Adam Selipsky, the former chief executive of Amazon Web Services, who stated that the AI era demands a new generation of infrastructure. He emphasized that fragmentation between data centers, power, and connectivity has become a bottleneck, slowing the deployment of AI capabilities. Helix aims to reduce complexity and unlock new capacity for large technology companies.

Helix’s founding investor consortium includes KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, chipmaker Nvidia, and major energy utility Vistra Corp. Nvidia is named a strategic partner and will support the deployment of its DSX platform, a suite of technologies for building large-scale AI clusters. The goal is to help maximize computational efficiency and accelerate deployment...