"Power is probably the forever bottleneck": Grid delays threaten the AI race.

AxiosOctober 20, 2026en

Silicon Valley moves fast and breaks things, but the U.S. electrical grid moves slowly and requires permits. The explosive growth of AI is colliding with the glacial pace of building out new power infrastructure, prompting a new warning from Goldman Sachs that energy bottlenecks are set to stall the AI race. Why it matters : Amid a wave of anxiety from Wall Street about the debt-fueled AI buildout, Goldman points to power as the biggest risk to trillions in spending in a new report shared exclusively with Axios. Driving the news: Goldman expects global data center power demand to surge 170% between 2025 and 2030, with more than 60% of that growth coming from the U.S., according to the report

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