Dylan Patel on

financing

3 quotes · Feb 2026 – Aug 2026

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  1. Patel questions where $3-4 trillion in CapEx will come from for 2028 AI infrastructure buildout.

    “So if you're at 3 or $4,000,000,000,000 of CapEx, where does all this cash come from?”

    45:21 · Dwarkesh Patel · 25 Aug 2026 · permalink
  2. Patel argues hyperscalers would pay 8% interest rates versus current 5-6% given AI compute returns.

    “Meta's raised at, like, 5% to 6%. I don't see why they wouldn't pay 8% Because they would happily pay 8% because the return from the compute that they're going to build is humongous.”

    57:08 · Dwarkesh Patel · 25 Aug 2026 · permalink
  3. Patel predicts Google and Amazon will take on debt for AI infrastructure following Meta's example.

    “Google and Amazon haven't taken on debt yet for AI infrastructure, but they will. Right?”

    33:54 · Latent Space · 26 Feb 2026 · permalink

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