Compute clusters will scale from $10B → $100B → $1T by end of decade; 'another zero every six months' on boardroom projections.

Compute clusters will scale from $10B → $100B → $1T by end of decade; 'another zero every six months' on boardroom projections. | every six months, another zero is appended to boardroom projections | Single-site >5GW data-center power contracts

Key catalyst: Single-site >5GW data-center power contracts

Watch events: xAI/OpenAI/Meta/MSFT single-site power contracts >5GW; TX/OK/PA mega-site announcements

every six months, another zero is appended to boardroom projections

xAI Colossus (200k GPUs), OpenAI Stargate ($500B), Meta/MSFT $75B+ capex each in 2025 — trajectory supports $100B+ single clusters by 2027.

Beneficiaries (24)

Adverse (6)

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