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2026-08-21-Fri
Musk Reported to Pour $100M–$200M into Midterms, Betting on Texas
▪ Once compute expansion hits the grid bottleneck, who makes the permitting calls becomes a question worth $200 million to influence.
2026-08-18-Tue
Axios: Compute Provider Crusoe in Talks With at Least Four Banks; Pre-IPO Round Valued at $35 Billion
▪ What compute companies are now competing on is no longer chip orders — it's grid interconnection permits.
2026-08-17-Mon
Malaysia's Q2 GDP Grows 6%, Split Evenly Between Chip Manufacturing and Data Center Construction
▪ AI capex has grown large enough to rewrite a country's GDP components — and the bill lands on that country's grid.