Explainers
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Plain-English background on the forces driving America’s infrastructure buildout — the grid, data centers, nuclear power, and the money behind it. Evergreen, and updated as the story changes.
How the Electric Grid Interconnection Queue Works
Why announced power projects wait years to connect, and what FERC’s reforms are trying to change.
Read → Data CentersWhat a Hyperscale Data Center Actually Needs
Power, water, and land — the three demands that decide where one can go and how hard the fight gets.
Read → NuclearSmall Modular Reactors (SMRs), Explained
What they are, how they differ from today’s reactors, and where the technology honestly stands.
Read → FinanceHow Data Center Projects Get Financed
The layered stack of leases, debt, and equipment lending — and where the strain would show first.
Read → OppositionHow a Town Approves or Blocks a Data Center
Zoning, permits, and public hearings — where a multibillion-dollar project actually lives or dies.
Read → Data CentersWhy Tech Companies Need Data Centers to Build AI
Why AI can’t run on ordinary computers — the chips, power, and scale that force the buildout.
Read → Data CentersHow Does ‘Closed-Loop Cooling’ Work, and Does It Deliver?
The “zero water” promise, examined — the electricity it costs, the heat it moves into the neighborhood, and the water it doesn’t count.
Read → Data CentersWhat Are the Main Types of Data Center Noise?
Chillers, transformers, and generators make a low, steady hum — and why a single decibel limit misses it.
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