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Nvidia to Invest $5B in Intel and Develop Data Centers, PCs; AI Tokens Climb
Nvidia will invest $5 billion through purchases of Intel stock for $23.28 per share.
Updated Sep 18, 2025, 2:26 p.m. Published Sep 18, 2025, 1:51 p.m.
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What to know:
- Nvidia, the world's largest public company by market cap, said it will invest $5 billion in Intel.
- The two companies plan to develop custom data center and PC products, combining Nvidia's artificial intelligence capabilities and Intel's CPU technologies.
- Having dominated the CPU market for decades, Intel has not enjoyed comparable success as the computing market becomes more focused on AI.
Nvidia (NVDA), the world's largest public company by market cap, said it will invest $5 billion in Intel (INTC) and work with the chipmaker on developing custom data-center and PC products as artificial intelligence becomes more pervasive. AI crypto tokens rose on the news.
The Santa Clara, California-based maker of the graphic processing units (GPUs) that underpin AI computing will buy shares of its neighbor at $23.28 each, 6.5% lower than Wednesday's closing price of $24.90, according to an announcement on Thursday.
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NEAR, the largest AI crypto token by market cap, climbed to over $2.95, its highest in a month, gaining more than 10% in 24 hours. TAO advanced 5.75% and FET 6.75%, outperforming the broader crypto market. The CoinDesk 20 Index added 3.41%.
While Nvidia is known for its GPU production, Intel was a leader in developing microprocessors and entered public consciousness as the provider of central processing units (CPUs) that drove IBM-compatible microcomputers. Its fortunes have declined as AI, with its intensive computing requirements, has taken root.
Intel stock surged 24% on Thursday, taking its market cap to $143 billion. That's just a fraction of the $500 billion it boasted in 2000, according to companiesmarketcap.com. Nvidia, with a value of $4.23 trillion, rose 1.85%.
The U.S. government bought a 10% stake in Intel last month for $8.9 billion in an attempt to shore up the future of American chip manufacturing.
The crypto industry watches Nvidia's performance with a keen eye as a proxy for market sentiment, which may reflect in AI tokens and the broader crypto market.
UPDATE (Sept. 18, 14:26 UTC): Adds AI crypto tokens' performance in third paragraph.
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