The unusual move underscores how deeply the AI boom has entangled cloud providers with the volatile chip market. To lock in supply amid soaring demand, thanks to a surge in AI infrastructure construction, cloud operators including CoreWeave have signed long-term agreements with memory and storage makers such as Micron and SanDisk.

Another quarter showing huge sales of memory chips could reassure investors nervous about the durability of the AI boom.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 : AI cloud computing company CoreWeave is exploring the use of financial derivatives as a potential hedge against a future drop in memory and storage chip…

CoreWeave locked in DRAM supply with price floors. It is now exploring put options, in a market that has almost nothing to trade.

CoreWeave is reportedly weighing financial derivatives to hedge against future declines in memory and storage chip prices.

CoreWeave is exploring put options on memory-chip stocks to hedge against price declines in DRAM and storage chips tied to its long-term supply agreements.

The unusual move underscores how deeply the AI boom has entangled cloud providers with the volatile chip market. To lock in supply amid soaring demand, thanks to a surge in AI…