Friday, October 16, 2026

Clearing Off The Desk -- Getting Ready For The Weekend -- October 16, 2026

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Flying car: in case you missed it -- link here. Now, this is ludicrous.

Growing global AI data center capacity: 

  • From Shay Boloor, link here: BofA sees global AI data center capacity growing ~5x to 219 GW by 2030:
    • AMZN: + 42 GW
    • GOOG: + 27 GW
    • MSFT: + 24 GW
    • SPCX: + 24 GW
    • META: + 18 GW
    • ORCL: + 12 GW
    • CRWV: + 7 GW
    • NBIS: +5 GW
  • What’s really interesting is that neoclouds will be accounting for ~40% of new capacity added in 2030.
    • CRWV
    • NBIS
    • SPCX
    • IREN
    • Lambda 

SpaceX: the everything company. Link here. 

Harvard's endowment: jumps 27% in fiscal 2026 -- how did your portfolio do? Link here. 

  • one reason: SpaceX is Harvard's #1 holding;
  • second largest holding: TSMC; 
  • strongest return in five years;
  • beat the S&P 500's 22.3%; 
  • federally-sponsored research revenue declined by 19% in same time period. 
  • apparently the best year ever for the endowment. 

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Nvidia To Build Industrial Parks In Texas

Link here.