India, Oct. 28 -- Nvidia Corp. has decided to make a billion-dollar investment in Nokia Oyj, as the world's most-valued company looks to spread its AI net far and wide.

The Finnish telecom hardware maker will issue 166,389,351 new shares to the American AI chipmaker for $6.01 apiece, according to a statement on Tuesday (28 October 2025). That pegs the value of the Nvidia-Nokia stake sale deal at $1 billion for a 2.9% stake.

As part of the deal, Nvidia's chips will be used to accelerate Nokia's software for 5G/6G networks and Nvidia will explore ways to use Nokia's data-centre technology in its AI infrastructure.

Nokia, best known for its telecom equipment business, has been pushing into data centres-a business that's growing thanks to ...