Pentagon in Talks to Get Into AI Infrastructure Funding With a $5B Loan

The article says the Pentagon is in talks to lend about $5 billion to Fluidstack to support U.S. AI data-center supply chains, not to fund a new facility directly. The proposed financing would run through the Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital and could become its largest loan. The deal is not finalized, and terms such as the interest rate remain unsettled. The piece frames the move as part of a broader rush for AI infrastructure capital and highlights Fluidstack’s ties to Palmer Luckey’s bank.