The AI conversation eventually becomes an energy and land conversation. Compute demand converts directly into megawatts, cooling and grid interconnection queues — and those constraints bind faster in markets with tight generation capacity.
Where the capital is going
Regional data-centre platforms, subsea and terrestrial fibre, and the generation assets that make both viable. These are long-duration, capital-intensive assets with infrastructure-style return profiles, which brings a different investor base into the room than venture programming usually attracts.
Why it matters for founders
Application-layer companies inherit the cost structure of the infrastructure beneath them. Founders who understand their compute and connectivity cost curve negotiate better and forecast more credibly.
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