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Ed Elson

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Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

My understanding is that they were going to build

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

30 gigawatts worth of compute by the year 2030.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

I think they've built, I want to say two gigawatts so far.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

I mean, the point being, it seems like that company specifically is probably guilty

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

in particular, of this over-promise, under-delivered dynamic that Jigar is talking about?

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

I wonder if you have any thoughts on that.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

Well, John, I guessβ€” Just trying to be a little bit more family-friendly.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

Clusterfuck, I said it.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

Okay.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

Yeah, there you go.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

All right.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

So, I guess, John, I mean, it sounds like whatβ€”

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

you and Jigar both agree that this is a lot more difficult than AI companies and investors had anticipated.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

It sounds like maybe where you may disagree is the extent to which they underestimated things or the extent to which they misjudged it.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

I guess my follow-up question to you, John, is, I mean, how bad is it really

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

When we look at what's happening from Wall Street's perspective, for example, I don't think Wall Street is as clued into what is happening on the ground when it comes to energy and compute capacity constraints as you are.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

So, I mean, how big of a problem is it really if it's not quite as big as Jigga might be suggesting?

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

So, Jigar, I mean, when I kind of synthesize what's happening here, what we're basically saying is these data centers are a lot more volatile than we had originally expected.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

They're also consuming huge amounts of energy to a degree that people a few years ago would never have anticipated.

Prof G Markets
Data Center Debate: Are Energy Bills About To Explode?

And at the same time, I also know that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and blockaded as we speak.