You should assume Google is well aware of the global constraints we all read about daily and, more importantly, the lead times for adding any capacity of significance for the parts of the supply chain they can control.
Said differently, if you wanted to, for example, 2X or 3X TPU racks for 2027, obviously you cannot wait until December 2026. You have to do it right now and you have to do it at scale via pre-funding/prebuys/very large commits. No one is going to scale up dedicated capacity otherwise. Ie exactly what NVDA is doing; don’t think for a second the hyperscalers haven’t been taking notes.
Hence this, followed by what is likely an imminent gigantic debt raise as @TMTLongShort has already highlighted.
For an infamously secretive co, Google is pretty literally telling you what they are planning for 2027/2028.
Your occasional reminder that the hyperscalers have a 6-12 month forward view on scaling laws and model capabilities that you as a lowly analyst do not.
Be humble. Idc how many subs you have on substack or how much you made during the GFC.
You are at an intellectual disadvantage.
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"…. the less good news = Factor moves remain extremely volatile under the surface with the GS TMT Mo’ pair down ~1,020 bps at one point on Friday (ended the day down 875 bps), one of its biggest daily pullbacks in recent history .. feels like daily performance challenges / volatility has picked up (both in Semis and in Software) as several ‘core’ large-cap holdings have stalled out (NVDA down 8 of 10 sessions, GOOGL down 3wks in a row, LITE down 5 days in a row, GLW down 4 of 6 wks, et al), meanwhile, the GS Most Short basket is up 8 of 9 weeks, good for a 25%+ gain in a straight(ish) line, and Software was up 20%+ in May, its best month since 2002 (not a typo) …"
^^ h/t callahan @ gs