- Why it matters
- Infrastructure decides who can deploy AI at what cost, and where. It is the most capital-intensive layer of the stack.
- What changes
- Data centre location is increasingly decided by power availability. Utilities, chipmakers and cloud providers are becoming interdependent.
- Who benefits
- Chip designers and foundries, power equipment makers, cooling specialists, and regions with surplus clean power.
- Who is at risk
- Regions with constrained grids, and buyers who over-commit to capacity before demand is proven.
- What happens next
- Expect more co-located generation, long-term power agreements and a sharper split between training and inference sites.