Rung 08 / Where the electrons come from

Energy & Power

Where the electrons come from, and what they cost.

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A polished copper busbar bolted to a steel plate, on paper.

In scope: generation (nuclear, gas, renewables), PPAs and offtake, grid interconnect queues, power arbitrage, energy ownership as a moat, transformer and switchgear lead times, energy cost pass-through. Out: the buildings themselves (datacenters), the cost of a token (inference-economics).

A transformer with insulator bushings under a three-phase copper busbar run.
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ANALYSISU.S. AI Data Center Delays: 7 GW Capacity Crisis (2026)
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12 GW announced 2026 vs 5 GW under construction = 7 GW shortfall; AI DC load ~10 GW by end-2026; AEP queue 190 GW raw / 24 GW committed.

2026-Q1
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