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Google and Blackstone Form Joint AI Cloud Venture Backed by $5 Billion

Google and Blackstone have announced a joint venture to build a new AI cloud company centered on Google's TPU chips, with combined backing of roughly $5 billion.

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By The Wall Street Journal on May 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT

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May 19, 2026 at 2:23 AM EDT

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In brief

Google and Blackstone have announced a joint venture to build a new AI cloud company centered on Google's TPU chips, with combined backing of roughly $5 billion.

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Google and Blackstone announced a joint venture to create a new AI cloud company, confirmed by both firms via official statements on May 19, 2026.
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The venture will be built around Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), the company's proprietary AI accelerator chips.
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The combined investment backing the venture is reported at approximately $5 billion.
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Blackstone is contributing data center infrastructure capacity to the partnership.
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The new company is intended to offer TPU-based cloud computing services to external customers beyond Google's existing cloud platform.
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The story was first reported by The Wall Street Journal and subsequently confirmed through official press releases from Blackstone and Google.
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The venture is described as competing in the AI cloud infrastructure market alongside entities such as CoreWeave.

Background

Google has developed its TPU chip line as an alternative to Nvidia's GPUs for AI workloads, but has historically made TPU access available primarily through its own Google Cloud platform. Blackstone has become one of the largest owners of data center real estate globally, investing heavily in digital infrastructure as demand for AI computing has expanded. The joint venture is structured to extend the commercial reach of Google's chip technology through a standalone entity rather than solely through Google Cloud. The AI cloud infrastructure market has drawn substantial capital and new competitors in recent years, as enterprise demand for dedicated AI compute capacity has outpaced supply from established hyperscalers.

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