The Standing Wave
Compute & Capex · H15

Vertical integration becomes structurally consequential.

Both ways · as of Signal № 006

One owner from power through compute to application — and whether that chain compounds faster than the market can replicate. H15 is a cross-vendor thesis; we map it through the integrator furthest along the stack. Today that is SpaceX — the only candidate with disclosed revenue, binding compute build-out, and a public-market clock.

Canonical definition

Vertical integration of power, data centres and frontier compute becomes structurally consequential by end of 2027.

Added mid-cycle after the S-1 disclosure. H15 is cross-cutting by design — it touches H1, H3, H5, H6, and H14 simultaneously. Weekly status reads live in the Signal; this page holds the longer map we iterate over time.

The forming stack

H15 applies to any owner trying to own power → compute → application. Helicopter view: power generation is the industry bind; compute access is the valve that feeds frontier capability. The map below is SpaceX-specific — the furthest-along live case, not the only possible outcome. Read top-down: filing-disclosed base first, roadshow fiction at the horizon.

Dependencies

H15 only resolves if several other theses hold or break in compatible ways:

In the Signals

The stack updates when binding moves land — not every week. Start with Signal № 006 for the Cursor deal and the H15 read that accelerated past the design brief. Earlier context: Signal 004 (Goldman roadshow sketch), Signal 005 (IPO lock-up and Cursor option).

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