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Atomic facts extracted · comparative matrix not yet formedUpdated 18 Sep 2026

Is access to reliable power becoming a more binding constraint on AI datacenter growth than access to compute hardware?

The first governed research track compares power/grid constraints with compute-hardware constraints. The evidence register contains recoverable primary-source facts on both sides, but it does not yet support a dominant-constraint thesis.

Power / grid

IEA evidence records rising data-centre electricity demand and conditional grid-delay risk; PJM records regional large-load growth, resource-adequacy pressure and policy responses.

Compute

NVIDIA reports remaining supply constraints while scaling commitments; TSMC reports major capacity investment and does not foresee bottlenecks to its own capacity-expansion plans.

Multiple constraints

Microsoft, Alphabet and NVIDIA disclosures show that compute, power, land, capital and broader datacentre capacity can interact rather than resolve into a single universal bottleneck.

Current boundary

No dominant constraint, live Signal, investment conclusion or numerical confidence is authorized. Forecasts remain forecasts, regional evidence remains regional, and company disclosures remain actor-specific.

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One framework, three connected forces

Every signal we study moves through the same chain. Capital seeks returns, builds the infrastructure to capture them, and in doing so reshapes the balance of power. Read one link and you miss the story.

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    Capital

    Where the trillions of the AI era are repriced and redirected — and who ultimately absorbs the returns.

  2. 02

    Infrastructure

    The physical substrate of intelligence: power, data centers, memory and the assets that carry compute.

  3. 03

    Power

    The contest between states, institutions and firms to control the infrastructure of intelligence.

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