The Minutes of Dylan Patel on compute economics https://minutesof.com/dylan-patel/on/compute-economics/ Everything Dylan Patel has said on compute economics: 2 verbatim quotes from August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:10:11 +0000 Patel argues labs must pay $25-50 million per megawatt to acquire 70% of world's compute by 2028. https://minutesof.com/q/3388cc4e-658d-4566-8b35-9c088c3351a5/ https://minutesof.com/q/3388cc4e-658d-4566-8b35-9c088c3351a5/ “For sure. They they do have to start paying $25.30, $50,000,000 a megawatt to really gobble up 70% of the world's compute in 2028” — Dwarkesh Patel Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:57:53 +0000 compute economics Patel argues that if model progress pauses while compute supply grows, demand growth will slow and prices will https://minutesof.com/q/ccbeb5bf-7c6b-4af0-ae7d-f4c729f341ed/ https://minutesof.com/q/ccbeb5bf-7c6b-4af0-ae7d-f4c729f341ed/ “If model progress at the labs pause, then more compute comes online. It has to slow down. Right? Sort of right now we have supply demand, right?” — SemiAnalysis Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:00:06 +0000 compute economics