By Namrata Sen
Publication Date: 2026-10-24 11:30:00
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Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s AI computing systems could retain enough value to support financing, potentially changing how lenders evaluate infrastructure investments.
During an interview with Deirdre Bosa of Yahoo Finance on Wednesday, on the sidelines of Nvidia’s GTC Berlin conference, Huang discussed AI compute becoming more tradable.
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He said Nvidia’s systems are ‘productive,’ ‘fungible’ and ‘durable’. Their useful lives could extend eight years or longer, he said, compared with the four-year replacement cycle commonly assumed by investors and lenders.
As GPU futures markets and flexible spot pricing develop, Nvidia’s hardware could build significant residual value. Huang said lenders may eventually use that equipment as collateral when underwriting debt.
“The risk involved in underwriting Nvidia’s assets, in our Nvidia computing, is the lowest of any asset out there, and so I think this is an area that’s going to really play into our advantage,” the CEO said.
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Huang said financing will be essential to expanding AI infrastructure. Nvidia’s computing assets could lower lending risk because the systems remain useful across multiple customers,…
