In Reply to: So what is the GOP plan for the next 2 years? posted by russsmith on November 05, 2026 at 09:13:28
> Today the markets are down, first thing I saw when I woke up is JD Vance saying people realized the Dems are going to regulate everything and tech is way down because of that.
Elon must not be paying much attention to the stock market. Yesterday alone, tech companies added nearly $1 trillion in market value.
The irony is that the market is essentially betting that Congress will encourage some form of mutual disarmament in the data center arms race, with companies agreeing to slow their buildouts rather than endlessly outspend one another.
Many of these AI companies would actually be in much stronger financial positions if they simply slowed the pace of data center construction to something more sustainable.
Just the top 5 companies on this list added $750 billion in value yesterday.
Company Stock change Market value gained/lost
Microsoft +6.68% +$242 billion
Apple +5.31% +$244 billion
Amazon +6.12% +$156 billion
Alphabet (Google) +3.18% +$106 billion
Meta +1.44% +$23 billion
Nvidia -3.17% -$163 billion
Tesla -3.34% -$55 billion
Broadcom -2.00% -$32 billion