The Order Book Hits the Tape
The AI power buildout has moved from forecast to order book. The richest companies in the world are prepared to spend almost without limit. They have discovered that money cannot manufacture time.
OEM backlog and data center delays are dual readouts of the same constraint. Post 054 connects them empirically: a 100 GW turbine backlog plus 4-5 year transformer lead times produces a US 2026 pipeline of which only 5 GW of 12 GW is actually under construction.
The AI power buildout has moved from forecast to order book. The richest companies in the world are prepared to spend almost without limit. They have discovered that money cannot manufacture time.
OEM backlog and data center delays are dual readouts of the same constraint. Post 054 connects them empirically: a 100 GW turbine backlog plus 4-5 year transformer lead times produces a US 2026 pipeline of which only 5 GW of 12 GW is actually under construction.
The AI power buildout has moved from forecast to order book. The richest companies in the world are prepared to spend almost without limit. They have discovered that money cannot manufacture time.