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AI Bubble Timeline 2024–2026: Data Center Debt, Chip Volatility and the $500 Billion Ques…

Whether AI is in a financial bubble depends on what is measured. AI compute demand remains strong — Nvidia's data-center revenue hit a record $89 billion in a…

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THE $600B QUESTION

Sequoia Publishes "AI's $600 Billion Question"

David Cahn estimated that the scale of AI infrastructure spending implied roughly $600 billion of annual revenue was needed to justify it — an analytical framework built…

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THE FINANCING SHIFT

Hyperscaler Capex Surges as Power Becomes the New Bottleneck

Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta kept ramping capex through 2025 as power availability and grid connections, not just chip supply, increasingly constrained how fast…

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LEVERAGE ARRIVES

South Korea Debuts Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs on Samsung and SK Hynix

Newly launched single-stock leveraged ETFs on the two chipmakers, which together represent over half the KOSPI's value, quickly became popular with retail investors ridi…

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THE LEVERAGE SHOCK

Korea's Leveraged-ETF Assets Collapse; Retail Losses Near $38.7 Billion

Leveraged-ETF assets tracking Korean chip stocks peaked near $52.5 billion on 22 June, then fell to roughly $19 billion within a month; Citi estimated retail losses acro…

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RECORD REBOUND

KOSPI Surges a Record 17.91% in a Single Session

The KOSPI jumped 17.91% in one day — a record in both points and percentage — as Samsung and SK Hynix each surged nearly 30%, before the index fell nearly 5% again the f…

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AI BECOMES CREDIT

Goldman Sachs: Nearly $500 Billion of AI-Related Debt Issued in 2026

Goldman Sachs estimated AI-related borrowers had raised about $489 billion in 2026 to that point — only ~40% directly from hyperscalers, with the rest from the wider AI…

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SUPPLY-CONSTRAINED

Nvidia Issues First-Ever Long-Term Forecast: 70% FY2028 Growth

Nvidia reported record Q2 FY2026 revenue of $96.2 billion and record data-center revenue of $89.0 billion, then guided to roughly 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028 — a f…

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NO DOWNTURN SEEN

SK Hynix: Memory Shortage to Persist Through 2030

SK Hynix's CEO said the company saw no clear signs of a memory downturn and expects the current shortage to persist through 2030, while breaking ground on a $4 billion I…

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THE IPO TEST

SB Energy Files for a US IPO Amid a Global Bond Sell-Off

SoftBank-backed SB Energy filed for a US IPO seeking a valuation above $50 billion, reporting H1 2026 revenue of $138.7 million against a $3.21 billion net loss, with 8.…

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