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· · 20 min · Hosts: Paul Sweeney, Scarlet Fu, Ed Ludlow · Guests: Paul Sweeney, Scarlet Fu, Ed Ludlow, Geetha Ranganathan, Michael Shah, Drew Reading
Summary
Meta’s deal to buy AMD chips and AI systems over five years was framed as a huge infrastructure commitment, with Ed Ludlow saying it implies 6 gigawatts of capacity and “tens of billions of dollars” of spending. He also flagged the warrants Meta receives to buy 160 million AMD shares as a potentially circular-financing wrinkle, while noting Meta is diversifying beyond Nvidia in its AI buildout.
The media discussion centered on Warner Bros. Discovery, where Geetha Ranganathan said Paramount Skydance’s revised offer is still not fully disclosed but is above $30 a share and may be $31 or higher. She said Netflix investors largely see the bid as a distraction and worry about antitrust and execution risk, while Paramount Skydance faces bleak organic growth and “effectively no plan B” if it loses the asset.
Michael Shah said Novo Nordisk’s 50% list-price cut on Wegovy and Ozempic should improve access, but net pricing will fall by less than the headline cut because of insurer negotiations and rebates. He said Lilly still looks like the stronger obesity franchise on clinical data, and that the next wave of innovation will likely come from non-GLP-1 mechanisms such as amylin. Drew Reading said Home Depot’s quarter was solid, but housing weakness, low confidence and tariff uncertainty continue to limit a bigger growth reacceleration.
Key takeaways
- Meta’s AMD commitment implies 6 gigawatts of capacity and “tens of billions of dollars” of spending over five years, according to Ed Ludlow.
- Geetha Ranganathan said Paramount Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery bid is above $30 a share, but the final number is still unclear.
- Ranganathan said Netflix holders view Warner Bros. Discovery as a near-term distraction and fear overpaying at around 25 times EBITDA.
- Michael Shah said Novo’s 50% list-price cut improves access, but the net price will not fall by the same amount.
- Drew Reading said Home Depot’s comp sales remain around a 1% range, with housing affordability and weak confidence still limiting upside.
Notable quotes
“Meta will buy AMD chips and computers designed to run artificial intelligence models over a 5-year stretch beginning in the second half of 2026”
“it's doubledigit billions per gigawatt. So, it's tens of billions of dollars over the five years”
“I mean we've seen this happen time and time again when you know winning an M&A there's always this this kind of cloud with M&A”
“So, we don't have the dollar amount. We know that it's above $30 a share”
“I think what's also important to note is I mean it's going to benefit you know patients here with high deductibles um insurance plans”
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Eastern on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with the Bloomberg Business App. Listen on demand wherever you get your podcasts or watch us live on YouTube. Another big big uh noise uh um I would say news story coming out of the uh technology space.
Meta will buy AMD chips and computers designed to run artificial intelligence models over a 5-year stretch beginning in the second half of 2026. And this is a kicker for me and I receive warrants to buy 160 million AMD shares. Pretty cool.
Let's get the latest reporting there. Ed Ledllo, a BTE co-host. He's out there in San Francisco.
Ed, another big deal. Another two mega companies here uh doing some big business together. What do you make of it?
Yeah, I mean it's very large scale. 6 gawatts of capacity is equivalent to the output of six nuclear reactors. It's the enough power for several million homes.
The average size of a data center is about 300 to 500 megawatt. So, it is a a sort of multi-year massive commitment. And you know the market has faded a little bit um in terms of AMD share reaction but it's quite a big bet by Meta that that AMD's technology in particular its AI accelerators the chips that will be used to run models and what we call inference are effective.
Um but the warrant bit I agree very interesting like is it or is it not circular financing? Uh I'm always up to debate it. And of course, uh, we know that Meta announced a tie-up with Nvidia just last week.
So, this is about Meta also diversifying um its partners in in this buildout.
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Topics
- meta ai data center capex
- amd processors deals
- media takeover bids
- ozempic wegovy price cuts
- home depot earnings demand outlook
Companies and tickers mentioned
- META
- AMD
- NVO
- HD
- Meta Platforms
- Advanced Micro Devices
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Paramount Skydance Corp.
- Novo Nordisk
- Home Depot
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