Signing 20-Year Data Center Deals Like Candy: AI Compute Expansion Worries
suchenzang · x · 2026-07-06
@suchenzang mocked the current era where "20-year data center contracts are signed as casually as eating candy," sarcastically asking, "What could go wrong?"
The joking reply: absolutely nothing—because the "future lightcone of value" has already been captured. This is a satirical observation on the massive, ultra-long-term data center commitments driving the current AI compute expansion frenzy.
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