Key Takeaways Applied Digital shares surged in intraday trading Tuesday after announcing that Macquarie Asset Management is investing up to $5 billion in its high-performance computing data centers.Nvidia is already an investor in Applied Digital data centers and announced a stake in the company last year.

Investment firm Macquarie is to invest billions of dollars into data center firm Applied Digital. First reported by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed by the company, Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is set to invest $5 billion into Applied, a cryptomining firm pivoting to AI and HPC data centers.

Applied Digital has a median price target of $11 per share, which is 26% higher than the current price. While not yet profitable, the company is heading in that direction and this Macquarie funding will allow it to improve its balance sheet, as well as invest.