总部位于纽约的Apollo Global Management公司将为一项耗资150亿美元的人工智能基础设施项目提供资金支持，此举加速了这家私募资产公司在人工智能领域的布局。
Apollo Global Management is set to provide financing for a $15 billion AI infrastructure project in Japan, accelerating the private asset firm’s push into the artificial intelligence sphere.
根据周四发布的声明，该公司将作为英国开发商RHAELM Holdings的战略投资和融资合作伙伴，与日本最大的电力公司Jera以及戴尔科技（Dell Technologies）在千叶县共同推进这一项目。
The New York-based company intends to serve as a strategic investment and financing partner for U.K. developer RHAELM Holdings, which is teaming up with Jera, Japan’s largest power generator, and Dell Technologies on the venture in Chiba Prefecture, according to a statement on Thursday.
该项目旨在提升日本的国内人工智能能力，预计将在土地、电力基础设施、建筑和计算等领域投入超过150亿美元的资金。
The project, aimed at strengthening Japan’s domestic AI capacity, is expected to involve more than $15 billion in capital deployed across land, power infrastructure, construction and computing.
项目预计将于2028年左右启动，并将借助Jera附近的火力发电站提供高达400兆瓦的电力支持。
Operations are slated to start around 2028, and it will be powered by as much as 400 megawatts of electricity with help from Jera’s nearby thermal power station.
日本首相高市宗明承诺加强国家的人工智能供应链，以推动制造业的发展。
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to bolster the nation’s AI supply chain in a bid to boost its manufacturing industry.
她的政府今年早些时候公布了一项总额为102万亿日元（6440亿美元）的投资计划，主要用于人工智能和半导体领域。
Her government unveiled a ¥102 trillion ($644 billion) investment plan aimed at AI and semiconductors earlier this year.
Apollo此前已为Nvidia、Broadcom和Anthropic等公司的人工智能基础设施项目提供融资。
Apollo is already involved in financing for AI infrastructure projects by the likes of Nvidia, Broadcom and Anthropic.
这家美国投资公司一直在日本扩大业务，并最近聘请了一位来自高盛集团的前高级销售人员，以加深与当地机构的合作关系。
The U.S. investment firm has been expanding in Japan and recently tapped a former senior salesperson from Goldman Sachs Group to deepen its ties with domestic institutions.
Apollo的亚太地区负责人上田英二（Eiji Ueda）去年从日本最大的养老基金加入该公司，目前驻扎在东京。
Its Asia-Pacific chief, Eiji Ueda, who joined last year from Japan’s biggest pension fund, is based in Tokyo.
上田在声明中表示：‘此次公告涵盖了Apollo最看重的两个领域——为包括人工智能和数字基础设施在内的全球产业复兴提供融资，以及作为日本市场的长期资本合作伙伴。’
“This announcement includes two of our highest conviction themes at Apollo — financing the global industrial renaissance including AI and digital infrastructure, as well as serving as a long-term capital partner to the Japanese market,” Ueda said in the statement.
据知情人士透露，上个月Apollo还将对孙正义（Masayoshi Son）旗下的软银集团（SoftBank Group）的贷款额度提高至92亿美元，以帮助该公司投资ChatGPT的创建者OpenAI。’
Apollo has also boosted a loan to Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group to $9.2 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said last month, to help finance the Japanese company’s stake in ChatGPT creator OpenAI.