May 29, 2026

Nvidia has spent $6.5 billion in three months to replace copper with light inside AI data centres

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Nvidia has committed at least $6.5 billion to photonics companies since the beginning of March, making it the largest single investor in the technology that many in the industry believe will replace copper wiring as the backbone of AI data centres. T...