Project and company research / by BitBrains

AI Buildout
Tracker

Research on the capital, infrastructure and compute agreements behind the AI buildout.

Research dossiers / October 2026
01 / Project research · Memphis, Tennessee

Colossus I

Site capital and installed hardware, with a separate analysis of Anthropic’s broader compute-services agreement.

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Aerial view of the former Electrolux campus, before its AI conversion
Historical site aerial · 2021 · before AI conversion
02 / Company research · Meta Platforms

Meta Platforms

Company CapEx, the scheduled compute pipeline and lifetime capital allocations across tracked projects.

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Year-end IT capacity / GW
Meta year-end IT capacity in GW: 2026 2.12; 2027 3.02; 2028 3.76; 2029 4.76; 2030 6.76; 2031 6.76; 2032 9.7602468102.1220263.0220273.7620284.7620296.7620306.7620319.762032
03 / Special situation · CoreWeave

CoreWeave

Contract-backed financing, lender protections and the risks that remain with the parent.

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CoreWeave June financing subset: 79.2% classified as recourse; not total company debt
04 / Special situation · Nebius

Nebius

Customer commitments, funding and creditor protections, with the execution risks that remain.

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Nebius first-half 2026 cash flows: $4.504B operating cash flow and $8.130B capital purchases; not a current liquidity measure
05 / Special situation · Nscale

Nscale

Customer conditions, usable funding and project protections, with the financing and delivery risks behind the expansion.

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Nscale September convertible financing: $2.36B initial closing funding and $1B expected mid-November; not current cash
06 / Comparative research · Neocloud credit

Neocloud default risk

CoreWeave, Nebius and Nscale: how contract protection, funding pressure and delivery risk could reshape the AI buildout.

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CoreWeave, Nebius and Nscale show different credit warning signals; not a default-probability ranking