Counterpoint's Shah on Nvidia, Circular Deals
THE SO WHAT
If AI capex is being fueled by circular deals—vendors financing customers who then buy more of their stack—operators should treat some demand signals as reflexive rather than organic. When planning your own GPU strategy, separate capacity you can justify on real workloads from capacity that only pencils out under continued multiple expansion.
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