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CEO Chase Lockmiller realized early on that in order to become the best AI cloud platform, you actually need to build the entire stack, from sourcing the energy to building the data centers and ultimately to providing the end AI cloud service layer.

CEO Chase Lockmiller realized early on that in order to become the best AI cloud platform, you actually need to build the entire stack, from sourcing the energy to building the data centers and ultimately to providing the end AI cloud service layer.

And to put that 1.2 gigawatts in perspective, if you take the entire data center capacity located in Northern Virginia today, where like 70% of the world's internet traffic flows through, all of that is only 4.5 gigawatts. So Crusoe's single AI factory in Abilene will be more than a quarter the size of what powers a huge portion of the internet today. And that's just one of Crusoe's locations.

And to put that 1.2 gigawatts in perspective, if you take the entire data center capacity located in Northern Virginia today, where like 70% of the world's internet traffic flows through, all of that is only 4.5 gigawatts. So Crusoe's single AI factory in Abilene will be more than a quarter the size of what powers a huge portion of the internet today. And that's just one of Crusoe's locations.

Yep. So when you're thinking about where to run your AI workloads, make sure you consider Crusoe. Because they operate and innovate at every single layer of the physical stack, Crusoe delivers unmatched price-to-performance, speed-to-market, and a platform that customers can rely on for years to come.

Yep. So when you're thinking about where to run your AI workloads, make sure you consider Crusoe. Because they operate and innovate at every single layer of the physical stack, Crusoe delivers unmatched price-to-performance, speed-to-market, and a platform that customers can rely on for years to come.

It's an incredible company, and Ben and I are excited to be investors in their recent funding round alongside NVIDIA, Founders Fund, and a whole slate of other great investors too.

It's an incredible company, and Ben and I are excited to be investors in their recent funding round alongside NVIDIA, Founders Fund, and a whole slate of other great investors too.

Thank you, Crusoe.

Thank you, Crusoe.

Well, before it all almost falls apart in year two, in the off-season after year one, Lollett, the BCCI, all the teams, all the owners, they're all riding high. This was an enormous success beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

Well, before it all almost falls apart in year two, in the off-season after year one, Lollett, the BCCI, all the teams, all the owners, they're all riding high. This was an enormous success beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

So I foreshadowed a little bit ago in the TV rights deal with World Sports Group and Sony that Lalit had given him his word as a gentleman that if this whole thing doesn't work, I'll rip up the deal and I won't carry IPL forward. You won't be on the hook for the $940 million for the next nine years.

So I foreshadowed a little bit ago in the TV rights deal with World Sports Group and Sony that Lalit had given him his word as a gentleman that if this whole thing doesn't work, I'll rip up the deal and I won't carry IPL forward. You won't be on the hook for the $940 million for the next nine years.

Well, this thing was such a success that all of a sudden $940 million for the next nine years is looking like a hell of a steal.

Well, this thing was such a success that all of a sudden $940 million for the next nine years is looking like a hell of a steal.

That's what you would think. Lollett rips up the deal.

That's what you would think. Lollett rips up the deal.

Specifically, he engineers an excuse and says that Sony had been allowing Reliance's telecom division to advertise during their commercial breaks and that that violated Vodafone's exclusivity over everything IPL because Vodafone was a central corporate IPL telecom sponsor.

Specifically, he engineers an excuse and says that Sony had been allowing Reliance's telecom division to advertise during their commercial breaks and that that violated Vodafone's exclusivity over everything IPL because Vodafone was a central corporate IPL telecom sponsor.