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Ed Zitron on Revenue · ViralLoop

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Okay so now instead of theoretically backstopping $250 billion NVIDIA would theoretically backstop $120 billion in a deal that is yet to be finalized for a data center that has yet to be built by a company that has never built a data center for a company that can't afford to pay

1.6K likes42 repliesPosted Aug 14, 2026

View the original on X Written by Ed Zitron. Captured Sep 4, 2026.

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Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
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Mechanisms: Specificity
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