AI Infrastructure: $638 Billion Order Book, 18-Month Low Prices - The Cycle Discount
The AI paradox: the companies building tomorrow's data centers see their stocks decline while their order books overflow.
Jul 2, 2026 at 16:36 9 9
Together AI Raises $800M at $8.3B Valuation: The Race for GPU Neoclouds Enters a New Phase
When compute is scarce, whoever controls it sets the rules. Together AI has just proven this with an $800 million funding round.
Jul 1, 2026 at 22:49 8 8
Arjun Mehta
DeepSeek V4 in mid-July with peak-time pricing: the next AI compute shockwave is taking shape
DeepSeek announces V4 for mid-July with peak-hour differentiated pricing - a business model revealing intensifying GPU capacity constraints.
Jul 1, 2026 at 09:39 9 8
Arjun Mehta
Digital Realty acquires Blackstone's data centers in Virginia for $3.5 billion: the major consolidation of AI real estate
The most significant transaction of the year in digital real estate: Digital Realty acquires three Blackstone data centers in Virginia for $3.5 billion, setting a benchmark at $1.17 billion per site in a market with frozen permits and GPUs at 85% utilization.
Jun 30, 2026 at 16:47 9 8
Arjun Mehta
CoreWeave × Backblaze ($355M): AI Cloud Infrastructure Verticalizes at Full Speed
CoreWeave signs a multi-exaoctet storage contract with Backblaze for $355M. In a market where Argentum AI has just secured $4.1B for 27,000 GB300 GPUs, vertical integration becomes the strategic response to liquidity tensions-and hyperscalers.
Jun 25, 2026 at 03:01 10 10
Arjun Mehta
Backblaze Signs $355M Deal with CoreWeave: AI Cloud Outsources Its Storage
In the AI compute value chain, CoreWeave outsources its storage infrastructure to Backblaze for $355M. A deal that reveals how specialized GPU cloud stacks are built outside hyperscalers.
Jun 24, 2026 at 18:35 8 8
Arjun Mehta
CoreWeave: Explosive AI Growth vs. Strained Liquidity - The Paradox of the Public GPU Cloud
CoreWeave (CRWV) has signed ~$24 billion in contracts with Microsoft and OpenAI. Yet its stock price is down 15% below its IPO price. The issue: funding a capital-intensive GPU infrastructure in a high-interest-rate environment, with structurally negative free cash flow.
Jun 24, 2026 at 10:00 13 8
Arjun Mehta
**Argentum AI Secures $4.1 Billion Mega-Deal for 27,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs - AI Cloud Compute Consolidation Accelerates**
Argentum AI secures a $4.1 billion contract with an anonymous client to deploy 27,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs. A deal that repositions specialized AI cloud players against hyperscalers and intensifies compute market consolidation.
Jun 24, 2026 at 10:00 12 8
Arjun Mehta
Nvidia chips banned: prices doubled on the Chinese black market, export controls have a downside
Nvidia GPUs under embargo are trading at more than double their official price on China's gray markets-proof that Chinese AI demand far outstrips legal supply, and that sanctions create a scarcity market as much as they curb it.
Jun 24, 2026 at 10:00 10 8
Arjun Mehta
CoreWeave: AI Growth Hits Liquidity Wall - Financing Model Under Strain
CoreWeave embodies the contradiction of the 2026 AI cycle: explosive demand for cloud GPUs, a capitalistic model requiring permanent funding, and structurally tight liquidity.
Jun 23, 2026 at 21:46 7 4
Arjun Mehta
Argentum AI lands a $4.1 billion cloud compute mega-deal: 27,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs for a mystery client
A specialized cloud GPU provider signs one of the largest publicly disclosed AI infrastructure contracts-and the client's anonymity may be the real strategic insight.
Jun 23, 2026 at 21:45 5 4
Arjun Mehta
CoreWeave: The Liquidity Shock Meets AI Scale - Does the Model Hold?
CoreWeave embodies the promise of AI infrastructure: soaring revenues, top-tier hyperscaler contracts-and bleeding cash. The June 2026 analysis exposes the paradox of specialized GPU cloud.
Jun 23, 2026 at 12:57 6 4