The Second-Order AI Bottleneck: Hyperscaler CapEx Is Shifting Pricing Power to Custom Networking, Switchgear & Baseload IPPs
Combined >$280B annual CapEx guidance across MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, and META is shifting marginal scarcity from standalone GPU allocation toward 800G Ethernet/custom ASIC interconnects (AVGO, ANET), liquid thermal & medium-voltage switchgear lead times (VRT, ETN), and dispatchable 24/7 power capacity (VST, CEG).