Pentagon in talks to lend Fluidstack $5 billion, WSJ tells Reuters

Reuters relayed Wall Street Journal reporting that the Pentagon is in talks to lend Fluidstack roughly $5 billion, and Reuters said it could not independently verify the talks.

If the talks become a loan, defense credit is being pointed at AI power and cooling gear — not a chatbot. Until someone signs, it is a sourced leak.

Reuters reported that the Pentagon is in talks to lend roughly $5 billion — five billion dollars of possible defense credit — to AI cloud-computing startup Fluidstack. The aim, as reported, is to shore up the U.S. data-center supply chain. Reuters cited the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and people familiar with the matter.

Reuters’ own dispatch said it could not independently verify the Journal’s report.

No public term sheet, close date, or Pentagon confirmation was attached to that Reuters item.