KKR, alongside the Kuwait Investment Authority, Nvidia and Vistra, has launched Helix Digital Infrastructure, a company aiming to provide integrated infrastructure for AI with over $10bn in long-term capital commitments.
The new venture has been established to meet the increasing scale and complexity of demand from hyperscale customers developing next-generation AI models and services.
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Helix Digital Infrastructure will focus on helping hyperscale clients by serving as a single coordination point for data centres, power, connectivity, and related requirements.
This new firm has been established in response to the increasing complexity of building AI infrastructure at scale, which the involved companies describe as a significant bottleneck for the industry.
Nvidia will have a strategic role in the venture, supporting the deployment of Nvidia data science eXchange (DSX) AI factory-aligned infrastructure.
Helix aims to optimise tokens per watt, reduce the total cost of ownership, and accelerate AI infrastructure deployment for its clients. Vistra will serve as the preferred power provider for projects undertaken by Helix.
Amazon Web Services former CEO Adam Selipsky will lead Helix Digital Infrastructure, bringing experience in scaling cloud businesses and managing large-scale infrastructure.
KKR Digital Infrastructure global head Waldemar Szlezak will be the company’s chief investment officer.
Helix Digital Infrastructure co-founder and CEO Adam Selipsky said: “Large users of digital infrastructure have an urgent need to reduce complexity and unlock new capacity. Helix combines significant long-term capital with the capabilities and expertise to deliver holistic AI infrastructure solutions with speed and scale.”
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said: “Useful AI has arrived, and demand for AI factories is extraordinary. AI is driving the largest infrastructure buildout in modern history.
“With the Nvidia DSX platform and the Helix strategic partnership, we are bringing together a proven AI factory blueprint, world-class infrastructure expertise from KKR, and long-term capital to help AI cloud providers build the next generation of intelligence infrastructure.”
Following the closing of its initial funding, Helix is open to additional eligible institutional investors. The company intends to invest in and manage assets critical to AI, spanning data centres, power generation, transmission, and connectivity.
KKR’s global infrastructure platform currently manages over $100bn in assets, with more than $70bn invested across digital and power sectors. The firm’s anchor investment in Helix is funded through its balance sheet and other managed vehicles.
