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Musk Wants the Blades. Howmet Got Hit About 11%.
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Fusion42 · 9 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Elon Musk announced SpaceX's plan to cast industrial gas-turbine blades in-house, threatening Howmet Aerospace's market position as a leading supplier. The move has caused an 11% drop in Howmet's stock amid concerns that SpaceX could alleviate the turbine blade scarcity impacting AI data center power infrastructure.
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Your position as a supplier to AI power infrastructure just faces a direct challenge from SpaceX’s in-house casting plan. Track SpaceX’s foundry progress closely to spot when the turbine blade supply bottleneck could ease or if your backlog remains a defensible moat.
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