Wednesday, October 14Global edition

Topic: Asian AI Infrastructure Investment

Banks pile into GPU loans as Asia's AI data-centre boom reaches $3.8 billion

Global investment banks including Citigroup and JPMorgan have moved into chip-backed lending across Asia, a market once led by private credit funds. Lenders face hard questions about GPU depreciation, technology obsolescence and US export restrictions — even as PwC puts Asian data-centre spending at $8.2 trillion by 2050.

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