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2 people · 5 quotes · 26 Feb 2026 to 25 Aug 2026
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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?”
Baker predicts disaggregation extends GPU lives to 10-15 years, lowering financing costs and saving private credit.
“This is going to be really good for the whole private credit industry. It's going to help finance the AI build out.”
Baker suggests memory companies should copy NVIDIA's credit wrapper model to participate in GPU revenue streams as credit markets revolt.
“Which is? I would be going to the buyers of GPUs, tradiums, and whoever and say, I'll participate in the NVIDIA credit wrapper.”
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?”
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.”