Nvidia to invest up to $3bn in Lancium for Texas data-centre power
The chipmaker will take a 20% stake in the Blackstone-backed developer of the Stargate campus
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Nvidia to invest up to $3bn in Lancium for Texas data-centre power
Photograph: The Star Kuala Lumpur (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Nvidia will invest up to $3 billion in Lancium, a developer of power infrastructure for data centres.
- The first $2 billion buys Nvidia a 20% stake in Lancium, which is backed by Blackstone and valued at about $10 billion.
- An additional $1 billion investment is contingent on Lancium meeting performance thresholds, including grid hookups.
- The deal could help Lancium pursue an initial public offering in 2027.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 9 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
41/100
Craft
85/100
Hype
15/100
9 sources · methodology
Nvidia will invest up to $3 billion in Lancium, a developer of power infrastructure for data centres. The initial $2 billion investment will give Nvidia a 20% stake in Lancium, as reported by the Information and carried by Reuters. Lancium is backed by Blackstone and is developing the Stargate data-centre campus in Texas.
The deal values Lancium at about $10 billion, according to the Information. Nvidia may invest an additional $1 billion if Lancium meets certain performance thresholds, including grid hookups. The capital is expected to help Lancium expand its operations and explore a potential initial public offering in 2027.
Stargate is a joint venture between SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle to build data centres. The project was announced in January by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, who said the companies would invest up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure. Lancium owns the 1,000-acre Lancium Clean Campus in Abilene, Texas, which serves as the first operational site of the Stargate initiative.
What the coverage left out
No left-rated outlet ran this story at all. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the $10 billion enterprise value of Lancium or the potential initial public offering in 2027. The Stargate joint venture and its $500 billion investment plan were omitted from all right-rated reports, including the full report from The Star Kuala Lumpur.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 8 Aug 2026, 11:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- The centre-rated report from WTVB led on the $10 billion enterprise value of Lancium and the potential for an initial public offering in 2027. It included the performance thresholds tied to the additional $1 billion investment, such as grid hookups. The report also detailed the Stargate joint venture and its $500 billion investment plan, as well as the location of Lancium’s Clean Campus in Abilene, Texas.
Right
4 rated outlets
- The four right-rated digests all led on the $3 billion investment figure and the 20% stake Nvidia will acquire for the initial $2 billion. The Hindu Business Line and Moneycontrol digests mentioned the additional $1 billion investment tied to performance thresholds. None of the right-rated digests included the $10 billion valuation of Lancium, the potential IPO in 2027, or details about the Stargate joint venture.
- The full report from The Star Kuala Lumpur, rated right, did not include the $10 billion valuation or the IPO timeline. It focused on the $3 billion investment, the 20% stake, and the performance thresholds for the additional $1 billion. The report did not mention the Stargate joint venture or the Abilene campus.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2Right
4- Billions Deal: Nvidia Before Joining US Energy Companies (opens Kurier in a new tab)
- Nvidia to invest up to $3 billion in Stargate data centre developer Lancium (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
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- Nvidia to invest up to $3 billion in Lancium, The Information reports (opens Moneycontrol in a new tab)
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- Nvidia to invest up to $3 billion in Lancium, the Information reports (opens The Star Kuala Lumpur in a new tab)
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3- Nvidia Plans to Invest 3 Billion in Lancium to Expand Its Power Infrastructure. (opens 大纪元 Epoch Times in a new tab)
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- Artificial Intelligence: Nvidia Wants to Invest Billions in AI Partners (opens wiwo.de in a new tab)
- NVIDIA to invest $3B in power infrastructure developer Lancium (opens NewsBytes in a new tab)
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