CoreWeave: Caught Between Paper and Silicon

CoreWeave: Caught Between Paper and Silicon CoreWeave’s Race Against Physical Reality I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The AI infrastructure buildout is the largest capital expenditure cycle in human history. Hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing through a supply chain that converts financial commitments — contracts, leases, debt — into physical infrastructure: GPUs racked in data centers, running workloads, generating revenue. The conversion works as long as every link in the chain keeps pace. If any link slows down, the financial obligations don’t pause. They compound. ...

February 27, 2026 · 27 min · Tyler Lukasiewicz