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The speaker argues that allocating compute to AI research, even when it could generate $100 million per megawatt otherwise, may create progress that raises future earnings potential and discounted cash flows.

Dylan Patel · Dylan Patel – Anthropic & OpenAI will have most of the world’s compute by 2028 · 25 Aug 2026

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“and so ultimately sure i could generate 100 million dollars per megawatt but if i turn that towards ai research what is the incremental progress that i get and then what does that do towards my future earnings potential”

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