W31 · 2026
Alphabet spends $44.9B in Q2 — and the money went into electrons
Alphabet just doubled its quarterly capital spending — and the most significant line wasn't in the financial summary.
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A weekly briefing on the energy, silicon, networks and capital shaping the compute economy.
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W31 · 2026
Alphabet just doubled its quarterly capital spending — and the most significant line wasn't in the financial summary.
Read issueW30 · 2026
When hyperscalers raise guidance, the market no longer asks "how much?" It asks "what is the money buying?"
Read issueW29 · 2026
Ex-Bitcoin miners aren't dying — they hold the one asset no hyperscaler can manufacture on demand: an active grid connection. How PPA flexibility is reshaping the compute supply chain.
Read issueW28 · 2026
Meta internalizes the silicon, memory, optics, and energy required for its artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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