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Hyperscaler capex passes Apollo, the Interstate and the Marshall Plan combined

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Hyperscaler capital expenditure has surpassed the inflation-adjusted cost of the Apollo Program, the Interstate Highway System and the Marshall Plan at the equivalent project age, making data centers America's largest peacetime build, while Alphabet stands to gain $100 billion from the SpaceX listing.

Reported metric: $100B windfall

Reporting date: 2026-04-17 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 17, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Hyperscaler capex passes Apollo, the Interstate and the Marshall Plan combined
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Reporting date: 2026-04-17
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-17-capex-passes-apollo-and-the-marshall-plan
Claim: Hyperscaler capital expenditure has surpassed the inflation-adjusted cost of the Apollo Program, the Interstate Highway System and the Marshall Plan at the equivalent project age, making data centers America's largest peacetime build, while Alphabet stands to gain $100 billion from the SpaceX listing.
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- Welcome to April 17, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-17-2026
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