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  "generatedAt": "2026-10-22T01:47:05Z",
  "disclaimer": "Analysis and opinion, not investment advice.",
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  "summary": "Quanta 72 is named in 3 Parts of The Buildout, most recently Part 17: The Guarantee Has No Date. Argued in Part 4 (The spending is defense), Part 17 (The cash flows cover it).",
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      "headline": "Nvidia’s Demand Is Real. Its Financing Is Fragile.",
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      "part": 1,
      "section": "Long the chips, short the returns",
      "excerpt": "Quanta 72’s dot-com comparison adds a necessary correction.",
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      "part": 4,
      "section": "Defense has a case",
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      "excerpt": "Quanta 72 added on September 27 that the notice lets Oracle delay payments if power delays push the campus past its 2028 start; Oracle has missed no payment, and Blue Owl calls its commitments unchanged.",
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      "claim": "Unlike dot-com era suppliers, today’s hyperscalers fund AI investment from profitable core businesses such as advertising, cloud, software, subscriptions, and e-commerce, so the question is not whether they can afford the spending.",
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      "claim": "On the same day the spread closed at 2.80%, Oracle sent a force majeure notice to Blue Owl Capital, developer of the Project Jupiter Stargate campus, covering potential cost increases and letting Oracle delay payments if the campus misses its 2028…",
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