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title: "The Close: what it means · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/close-the
description: "Close, the: The book's evidence cut-off, 1 November 2026, the day to which every status the book gives was checked. The Introduction; the Scorecard."
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# Close, the

What does “Close” mean?

Close, theThe book’s evidence cut-off, 1 November 2026, the day to which every status the book gives was checked. *The Introduction; the Scorecard.*

From *The AI Compute Race*. [Read the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#buy)

The book uses this term in a sense of its own.

## Where the record uses it

- Campus [Scala AI City](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/scala-ai-city)
- Campus [Colossus 2](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/colossus-2)
- Campus [Stargate UAE](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-uae)
- Campus [Project Matador / HyperGrid](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/project-matador-hypergrid)
- Campus [Z.ai domestic-chip campus](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/z-ai-domestic-chip-campus)
- Scorecard indicator [Post-2024 METR horizon doubling time](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-3)
- Scorecard indicator [Autonomous research outer loop](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-5)
- Scorecard indicator [Humanity’s Last Exam](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-8)
- Scorecard indicator [Largest evidenced operating site](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-11)
- Scorecard indicator [Frozen 40-campus conversion](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-12)
- Scorecard indicator [CoWoS](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-17)
- Scorecard indicator [Headline nuclear restarts delivering](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard#row-19)

And 2 more in the record.

From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.

- [Campuses](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger)
- [Tests](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests)
- [Scorecard](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/scorecard)
- [Data](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/data/releases)
- [Chapter by chapter](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/companion)
- [The record at a glance](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/observatory)
- [The machine](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/machine)
- [One campus, four futures](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/hyperion)
- [Glossary](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary)
- [People](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/people)
- [Sources](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/sources)
- [Notes](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes)
- [Where the book was wrong](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/corrections)
- [Where its sources were wrong](https://dryburgh.com/corrections?book=vol1)
- [The Paper](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/paper)
- [Consent](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/consent)
- [Who builds and pays](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties)

*The AI Compute Race: Five Races, One Machine* is a book by Lee S. Dryburgh, the first volume of THE COMPUTE ECONOMY, published by Dryburgh, an imprint of Contestra OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia; its record closes on 8 November 2026.

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