AI’s Next Bottleneck May Be Megawatts, Not Models
Data-center strategy is becoming power strategy as compute demand collides with grids, permits and transmission.
The physical reality of AI is becoming harder to hide behind software abstractions. Every additional cluster ultimately depends on land, substations, transmission, cooling, construction capacity and a power system able to serve large loads reliably.
As those constraints tighten, access to electricity becomes a competitive capability. Location decisions increasingly depend on grid queues, generation mix, permitting timelines and the ability to finance infrastructure alongside compute.
The strategic consequence is that AI companies, utilities, developers and governments are being pulled into the same planning problem. Compute policy and energy policy are beginning to overlap.
The operating question
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