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Company Research / Goldman Sachs

Capital & infrastructure

Goldman Sachs

Business, financial evidence and documented connections to the AI buildout.

NYSE:GS · Research reviewed October 18, 2026

Business and AI exposure

Goldman Sachs provides banking and investment-management services. Its Alternatives platform acquired QScale alongside founders and management. Fund and platform exposure can generate fees, investment returns or carried interest, distinct from QScale’s operating revenue.

am.gs.com ↗

Earnings and disclosures

Latest verified results: Q3 2026 · Released 2026-10-13

Next results: 2027-01-19 · Q4 2026.

Checked 2026-10-18 · Financial context and sources ↓

Financial context

For Q3 2026, Goldman reported $18.68 billion of group net revenue. QScale-specific fee or carried-interest contribution was not separately disclosed, so the campus cannot be assigned a supported fraction of group earnings.

www.sec.gov · 2026-10-13 ↗

Delivery and commitments

The QScale acquisition was announced as completed. Q01 Building B was described as 60 MW of AI-ready infrastructure under construction. Building design and construction do not establish accepted operating load or fully leased revenue.

am.gs.com ↗ · www.qscale.com ↗

Costs, funding and dependencies

Construction, power, tenant acceptance and the ownership structure affect returns. Goldman also pursues internal AI productivity through OneGS 3.0; the reviewed disclosures do not quantify a separate program savings allocation.

am.gs.com ↗ · www.qscale.com ↗ · www.goldmansachs.com ↗ · www.goldmansachs.com ↗

What to watch next

Follow Building B’s delivery and customer acceptance, and seek disclosed investment-manager economics. Keep internal bank productivity, managed asset value and campus operating results separate.

am.gs.com ↗ · www.qscale.com ↗ · www.sec.gov · 2026-10-13 ↗

Documented project connections

Each connection below has a specific, cited role. A supplier, lender, customer or proposed acquirer has different economics from the project owner.

QScale Q01

Fund-platform exposure through Goldman Sachs Alternatives, which completed its QScale acquisition.

The listed parent's site-specific equity, fees and returns are not disclosed; managed-fund ownership is not a direct corporate campus allocation.

www.qscale.com ↗ · am.gs.com ↗

Evidence boundaries

Company totals, segment sales, bookings, backlog, spending, capacity and usage describe different things. They do not establish project-level revenue, earnings or an exact AI-only revenue share unless the cited disclosure explicitly says so.

This is a dated research snapshot. Forecasts are attributed expectations, and undisclosed amounts remain unknown. Source review does not certify every project or future outcome.