This week's edition examines the structural shift from software-driven growth to an era defined by the massive capital expenditures required for AI-ready power and cooling. We analyze how geopolitical bottlenecks in the Strait of Hormuz and the scramble for nuclear and gas-fired baseload capacity are fundamentally reshaping global inflation and commodity volatility.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:40 - The Great CapEx Surge: Powering the AI Boom
7:10 - Macroeconomic Shifts and Supply-Side Inflation
13:33 - Geopolitical Friction in the Strait of Hormuz
16:24 - Global Fertilizer and Agricultural Volatility
18:26 - The New Era of Energy Transition and Nuclear Resurgence
20:31 - Conclusion

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