By Katie Tarasov
Publication Date: 2026-04-09 13:00:00
Intel Xeon 6 processors are shown to CNBC at Intel’s advanced packaging facility in Chanfler, Ariona, on November 17, 2025.
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Google has committed to using multiple generations of Intel central processing units in its artificial intelligence data centers, an expansion of an existing partnership.
The internet giant has long relied on Intel processors, dating back to its earliest server rack ambitions nearly three decades ago. Intel’s newest Xeon 6 CPUs will now run AI training and inference workloads, potentially giving the chipmaker a stronger position in an AI market that’s so far been dominated by Nvidia.
“Their Xeon roadmap gives us confidence that we can continue to meet the growing performance and efficiency demands of our workloads,” Amin Vahdat, Google’s chief technologist for AI infrastructure, said in a statement Thursday.
No financial terms were disclosed, nor did the companies provide a timeline for the agreement.
The deal lands as the CPU takes center stage in…
