KKR has launched Helix Digital Infrastructure, a new company aimed at financing and coordinating data center, power and fiber infrastructure for AI deployments. Former Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky will lead the company.
Helix will seek to invest in and manage assets critical to enabling AI, including hyperscale data center development and operations; baseload and flexible power generation; transmission and distribution infrastructure; and fiber and connectivity infrastructure, among other assets. KKR said the effort is intended to address a growing industry bottleneck as AI infrastructure buildouts increasingly depend on coordinated access to capital, power generation, transmission and connectivity.
The company said Helix starts with more than $10 billion in long-duration capital commitments from founding investors including KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, NVIDIA and Vistra. However, Helix is open to additional eligible institutional investors following the founding commitments.
NVIDIA will serve as a strategic partner, supporting deployment of its DSX AI factory-aligned infrastructure to improve efficiency and reduce time to deployment, while Vistra will be the preferred power provider for Helix investments.
Read the full press release here.