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A dollar buys 49% more compute every year as leases go off balance sheet

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A dollar buys 49% more compute every year even as hyperscalers hold $1.5 trillion in leases with $1 trillion off balance sheet, and Nvidia disclosed a $21 billion SpaceX stake and $30 billion in Intel while marshaling $500 billion in third-party capital.

Reported metric: +49% per dollar

Reporting date: 2026-08-15 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to August 15, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Half a trillion is marshalled as chips become an investable asset class

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A dollar buys 49% more compute every year as leases go off balance sheet
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Reporting date: 2026-08-15
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-08-15-a-dollar-buys-forty-nine-percent-more-compute-each-year
Claim: A dollar buys 49% more compute every year even as hyperscalers hold $1.5 trillion in leases with $1 trillion off balance sheet, and Nvidia disclosed a $21 billion SpaceX stake and $30 billion in Intel while marshaling $500 billion in third-party capital.
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- Welcome to August 15, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-august-15-2026
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