Gridlas — Powering AI: the U.S. Data Center Buildout https://gridlas.com/ Independent research on the U.S. AI data-center buildout and the power grid — built from public EIA, LBNL, ERCOT & CBRE data, every figure cited. en-us Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Gridlas The grid bottleneck: can the U.S. power the AI buildout through 2030? https://gridlas.com/grid-bottleneck/ https://gridlas.com/grid-bottleneck/ Why the real limit on AI isn't power plants — it's the interconnection queue, where median waits doubled to ~5 years and ~77% of proposed capacity is withdrawn. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Powering around the queue: how AI is buying its way past the grid https://gridlas.com/powering-around-the-queue/ https://gridlas.com/powering-around-the-queue/ Behind-the-meter gas, nuclear restarts, and small modular reactors — the deals, megawatts and dates, primary-source cited. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The water problem: the constraint with no workaround https://gridlas.com/data-center-water/ https://gridlas.com/data-center-water/ Cooling-water intensity, hyperscaler use, and why ~2/3 of new U.S. data centers sit in high-water-stress areas. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Data centers by U.S. region: 16 markets, mapped https://gridlas.com/data-centers/ https://gridlas.com/data-centers/ Power demand, queues and constraints across Northern Virginia, Texas, Phoenix, Atlanta, Ohio and 11 more markets. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Glossary: AI data centers & the power grid https://gridlas.com/glossary/ https://gridlas.com/glossary/ Plain-English, cited definitions of the terms behind the AI power buildout — interconnection queue, hyperscale, PUE, WUE, SMR and more. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Data center power & water estimator https://gridlas.com/tools/data-center-estimator/ https://gridlas.com/tools/data-center-estimator/ A free calculator: enter a facility size and U.S. market, see power draw, homes-equivalent, grid wait and water footprint instantly. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000