Your raise used to go offshore. Then it went to a buyback. Now it’s going to a data center
Goldman Sachs strategist argues tech capex shift signals new era of finance.
“Goldman Sachs' global strategist says we've entered a "postmodern" era of finance — and the rules that made investors rich for 40 years no longer…”
Why it matters
Weekly Silicon's editorial model scored this 2.75/10 overall, reading it above all as an industry story with cross-cutting implications. Its strongest dimension is regional relevance at 6/10 — direct impact on US technology hubs rather than a purely overseas development — with economic impact close behind at 5/10, pointing to meaningful consequences for capital, capacity, or competition across the industry. The impact is global rather than tied to one US hub, so the thing to watch is how it filters into domestic supply chains and hiring.
Derived from the AI score breakdown below.
AI score breakdown
A composite of 2.75/10 put this story at #17 for Thursday, June 18, 2026, driven mostly by regional relevance (6/10) and economic impact (5/10).
Composite is the weighted sum of the five dimensions. How scoring works →
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