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· July 23, 2026 at 08:00
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[https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-subprime-data-center-crisis/](https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-subprime-data-center-crisis/)
Would love to hear your thoughts on this piece from AI bear Ed Zitron. It's a long read but he talks in great detail about:
* How data centre financing is hidden off balance sheets and comparable
* How it's all reliant on circular financing, which in turn all hinges on 2 (unprofitable) companies, Anthropic and OpenAI
* How data centre build-out is 15x overcapacity with little sign that there is actual demand to fill it - other than from the hyperscalers and Anthropic / OpenAI
I found the link between all this data centre funding and the subprime mortgage crisis a useful analogy. It's a really detailed piece into the financing and obfuscation of the whole AI/data centre rally, but keen to hear what more experienced investors think.