Chamath Palihapitiya just dropped the number that explains the entire AI infrastructure trade (Save this).
Milk Road AI Twitter · Milk Road AI (@MilkRoadAI) · 2026-06-15
Chamath Palihapitiya reveals that AI compute costs have risen 20x in a single investment cycle, with a gigawatt of compute now costing $100 billion compared to $4–5 billion when his Arizona data center project began.
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- A gigawatt of compute now costs $100 billion.
- AI compute costs have increased approximately 20x in a single investment cycle.
- Chamath Palihapitiya's Arizona data center project initially cost $4–5 billion at its start.
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A gigawatt of compute now costs $100 billion and when he started his Arizona data center project it was $4 to $5 billion, it has gone up 20x in a single investment cycle.