Anthropic's annualized revenue has reportedly topped $65 billion – up more than sevenfold since year-end – and CoreWeave's backlog has passed $100 billion, the clearest evidence yet that AI demand remains extraordinary. But financing that growth is getting more complicated by the week. Nvidia is helping engineer a Wall Street financing ecosystem to backstop as much as $500 billion in compute investment, while hyperscalers lean on debt, leases, and guarantees to lock up years of future capacity. In this issue of Digital Power Digest, Keel Infrastructure SVP Chris Ruppel breaks down why the real scale of this cycle is hiding off the balance sheet. The Wall Street Journal estimates nine major tech companies now carry roughly $3 trillion in mostly AI-related off-balance-sheet commitments, so will future AI revenue justify today's bets?
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08.24.26
Digital Power Digest
Digital Power Digest- Volume 2: August 10 - August 23, 2026
Anthropic revenue is up sevenfold and hyperscalers hold $3T in off-balance AI bets, but grid strain, backlash, and new PA rules are binding constraints.
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