Wall Street Wants To Trade AI Compute Like Oil. Is The AI Boom Creating Finance's Next Big Market?

Source: International Business Times

The push comes as governments and technology companies race to secure computing capacity amid intensifying global competition over AI development, semiconductor supply chains and data center expansion. AFP Wall Street's growing interest in artificial intelligence infrastructure is extending beyond chipmakers and cloud providers, with financial firms now working to create markets where computing power can be bought, sold and hedged in much the same way as traditional commodities. Governments and technology companies are racing to secure computing capacity amid intensifying global competition over AI development, semiconductor supply chains and data center expansion.