Openai's $1t Infrastructure Spend for 2025-2035

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The article discusses OpenAI's planned $1 trillion infrastructure spend from 2025-2035, sparking discussion on the feasibility and potential backlash of such a massive investment, particularly given the company's current financial situation and controversy surrounding government funding.

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zerosizedweasle

about 2 months ago

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They don't have the money for this and their attempt to get government funding has generated a huge backlash. Despite this, how much market cap have these companies increased in the stock market just based on these announcements?

quantified

about 2 months ago

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And market cap is from expectation, not actual cash flow. Hallucination generates amazing expectations sometimes.

zerosizedweasle

about 2 months ago

They keep trying to get public money https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-07/openai-as...

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