$2.8T
Atlas modelAs of AI economy · executive overview
Markets move. Signals remain.
Markets move. Signals remain.
A weekly operating view of the AI economy—connecting compute supply, power availability, model economics, and enterprise adoption in one decision-ready brief.
Wednesday updateData cutoff · Verified ·
$242B
Atlas modelAs of 36.2GW
Atlas modelAs of 220+
Atlas modelAs of Edition evidence
Supporting, opposing, and catalyst signals
Supporting evidence↗
AMD reported $6.7B of second-quarter data-center revenue, with demand spanning EPYC processors and Instinct accelerators.
Supporting evidence↗
Cisco reported $9.3B of hyperscaler AI infrastructure orders in its latest fiscal year, providing a new conversion signal from AI capacity plans to networking demand.
Supporting evidence↗
OpenAI agreed to secure approximately 8 IT-GW at Ohio's PORTS-Pike campus, with capacity scheduled to be delivered over time.
Analyst note↗
Track signed megawatts, not announced campuses. The spread between the two is becoming the best reality check on growth.
Analyst note↗
Watch whether price compression expands total workloads fast enough to offset falling revenue per token.
Analyst note↗
Completion rate, human review burden, and gross margin matter more than seats or pilots.
01 · Executive synthesis
The decision layer
The constraint stack is rotating from silicon to electrons.
Accelerator availability is improving unevenly, but grid interconnection, generation contracts, and cooling retrofits now determine how quickly announced AI capacity becomes revenue. At the software layer, falling token prices widen adoption while shifting differentiation toward workflow ownership, proprietary context, and measurable task completion.
Compute supplyPower accessAgent economics
04 · Leadership watchlist
Questions for the room
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Public inputs, traceable assumptions
We prioritize official statistics, regulatory filings, investor materials, and provider pricing. AI Atlas estimates are explicitly labeled rather than presented as published facts.
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Company disclosureS1
AMD Investor Relations
AMD Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Company disclosures on second-quarter corporate and data-center revenue, growth, Instinct and EPYC deployments, and third-quarter outlook.
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Company disclosureS2
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. via GlobeNewswire
AMD Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
AMD-issued second-quarter financial results, including data-center revenue and growth.
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Official dataS3
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
AMD Form 8-K filed August 4, 2026
Official SEC Form 8-K filing for AMD's second-quarter financial results and exhibits.
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AI Market Atlas
Directional weekly market model
A directional model built from the public materials below; model outputs are not official statistics, live prices, or audited financial data.
Company disclosureS5
Cisco Investor Relations
Cisco Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Earnings
Cisco's company-issued fourth-quarter and full-year results, including hyperscaler AI infrastructure orders and revenue.
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Official dataS6
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Cisco Form 8-K filed August 12, 2026
Official SEC earnings exhibit covering Cisco's fourth-quarter and full-year revenue and hyperscaler AI infrastructure orders and revenue.
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Official dataS7
International Energy Agency
Data Centres & Networks · Latest findings
Latest global data-center electricity consumption and growth trends.
Official dataS8
International Energy Agency
Energy and AI · Executive summary
Global data-center electricity demand, 2030 scenarios, supply mix, and project-delay risk.
Company disclosureS9
NVIDIA Investor Relations
First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Financial Results
Data-center revenue, growth, platform progress, and company outlook.
Company disclosureS10
OpenAI
OpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project
OpenAI's approximately 8 IT-GW PORTS-Pike capacity agreement, 20-year lease, initial 800 MW timeline, and power-infrastructure conditions.
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ResearchS11
Stanford HAI
2026 AI Index Report · Economy
Benchmark context for AI investment, enterprise adoption, revenue, and productivity.
Model note. Market heat, composite indices, tracking baskets, and selected forecasts are editorial models for directional comparison—not live prices, official statistics, or investment advice.
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