KKR Secures $10B+ to Launch Helix Digital Infrastructure Under Ex-AWS CEO
Private equity firm KKR has secured over $10 billion in capital to launch Helix Digital Infrastructure, a new entity dedicated to developing and operating AI data center infrastructure. Helix is led by Adam Selipsky, who served as CEO of Amazon Web Services until 2024. The company positions itself as a purpose-built AI infrastructure operator at a moment when hyperscalers are competing aggressively for GPU capacity and data center power.
Why It Matters
A $10B+ capital commitment from KKR into a standalone AI infrastructure company—led by one of cloud's most senior executives—signals that institutional capital increasingly treats AI compute as an infrastructure asset class comparable to power generation or telecoms.