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Australian neocloud Sharon AI has secured a $356 million loan backed by its GPUs, The Information reports. It is the company’s first such facility, with the report saying the financing also draws on cash flows from customer contracts.

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Borrowing against chips gives AI cloud providers another way to fund expansion, though the source excerpt does not give the loan’s interest rate or other terms. GPUs have apparently found a second job as collateral. Should AI infrastructure firms finance growth this way, or does it leave lenders carrying too much risk from fast-changing hardware?

Discuss: Should AI infrastructure firms finance growth with chip-backed loans, or does that leave lenders carrying too much risk from fast-changing hardware?

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