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Analysts say the forecast broadly meets investor expectations and should help underpin confidence in the durability of data center-driven growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

AI stocks have already come under heavy pressure this fall in the face of concerns about the sustainability of spending, the financing that helps underpin it and lackluster results from some major technology companies.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

Signs of progress in negotiations have offered some relief, but uncertainty over regional developments and persistent threats to shipping continue to underpin prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

One of the most significant risks to that ability is Anthropic's access to the infrastructure, including computer chips and data centres, it needs to build, train and operate the models that underpin its technology.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The AIG FP traders present were shocked by how little thought or analysis seemed to underpin the subprime mortgage machine: It was simply a bet that home prices would never fall.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Vitalik Buterin is the creator of the Ethereum protocol which underpins much of modern cryptocurrency systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

ZachXBT, an independent investigator who specialises in tracking funds on the blockchain --the system that underpins cryptocurrency transactions -- revealed the fraud on his social media accounts earlier in the week.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

It’s by no means the main thread, but it absolutely underpins Townshend’s personal anxieties.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

"Maths is everywhere and it underpins everything that a pupil is going to need to get through their future life," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

When the experimental method is successful in explaining what was previously inexplicable, it thus not only establishes particular scientific theories, it also confirms the validity of the general approach which underpins experimentation.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

His New York run was underpinned by an improved backhand and better defensive skills, but not being able to execute his damaging forehand in crucial moments proved costly against Zverev.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

That export boom has been underpinned in large part by insatiable global demand for AI-related products including computers, semiconductors and data centre equipment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Much of the historic success of positional play has been underpinned by that same idea – finding the free player.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The issue there is that these futures contracts are underpinned by baskets of actual Treasurys, and the specific Treasury that the futures contract mirrors changes as bond yields move up and down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It underpinned the more difficult “quadrivium”—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy— that students went on to learn; all seven subjects taken in toto being the so-called liberal arts.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Huang’s judgment was an underpinning of the AI boom—the enthusiasm he stoked, the vision of the future he sold, not just to investors but the White House and other world leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Governments are also expected to use the forum to discuss global AI policy including the growing demand for energy and water resources from data centres underpinning the technology's rollout.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

The investment boom has supercharged the economy by raising productivity, hoisting profits, driving record stock-market gains and underpinning consumer spending, especially among the wealthy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

"The US equity sell-off reflected a reassessment of the economics underpinning the AI investment boom rather than a simple downgrade to end-demand," said National Australia Bank's Rodrigo Catril.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

That is, to replace its interweaving but independent voices with a more unified, streamlined sound, with the keyboard and cello locked together supportively, underpinning the sparring interplay of the two violins above them.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall