Nvidia is quietly building a multibillion-dollar behemoth to rival its chips business
What Happened
Nvidia's networking business raked in $11 billion last quarter despite getting significantly less fanfare than chips and gaming.
Our Take
This is the story nobody's watching, and that's exactly why it matters. $11 billion last quarter on networking and nobody talks about it because it's boring enterprise infrastructure. But here's what it means—Nvidia's not betting the company on chips winning forever. They're diversifying into the pipes that move data around GPUs and between data centers. That's genius positioning.
While everyone's fighting over generative AI chips, Nvidia's quietly becoming the infrastructure company that profits whether you use their GPUs or someone else's. That's monopoly thinking.
What To Do
When evaluating cloud providers or building infrastructure, check how much you're paying for networking separately—it might be 20-30% of your compute bill.
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