Elon Musk just revealed what’s actually holding AI back.
It’s not chips. Not models. Not data.
It’s concrete.
Someone asked him the obvious question. Why not just build private power plants next to data centers? Bypass the grid entirely.
His answer was four words.
Musk: “The power plant makers.”
There aren’t enough of them.
You can design the best chip on earth. Train a frontier model. Raise $10 billion for a hyperscale data center.
None of it matters if you can’t power it.
Musk: “You can drill down a level further.”
GPUs need power. Power needs turbines. Turbines need factories. Factories need permits. Permits need a government that hasn’t paralyzed itself.
Every link in the chain is physical. And every one of them is breaking.
We can train a frontier model in weeks. We can’t permit a power plant in under five years.
The country that invented the assembly line now needs 40 agencies to approve a gas turbine.
China doesn’t have this problem. They don’t run 7-year environmental reviews on infrastructure they need tomorrow. They break ground while America requests approval to break ground.
The AI race won’t be decided by whoever writes the best algorithm.
It’ll be decided by whoever can still build in the physical world.
We spent 30 years getting faster in software and slower in steel. Outsourcing manufacturing. Hollowing out supply chains. Treating builders like liabilities instead of assets.
Now the bill is due.
Every breakthrough in AI is gated by atoms. Steel. Concrete. Turbines that take years to manufacture and decades to approve.
The smartest code on earth is worthless without electricity.
Musk didn’t give a speech about this. He didn’t need to. He answered one question and the whole infrastructure myth collapsed.
“Where do you get the power plants from?”
Follow that thread far enough and you stop finding a technology problem.
You find a civilization that mastered thinking and forgot how to build.
🌕🔥 DEVELOPING: Most Detailed Moon Video Ever?
This jaw-dropping footage is being hailed as the most detailed video of the Moon to date — a stunning 40MP masterpiece created by stacking 1,000 frames using a Nikon Z8 and Takahashi TSA-120 telescope.
Surajit: “1000 frames stacked using a Nikon Z8 and Takahashi TSA-120 telescope, producing a stunning 40MP masterpiece.”
As Neil Armstrong famously said when he first set foot on the lunar surface:
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Seeing our Moon in this level of incredible detail from Earth is a giant leap for amateur astrophotography!
Who else is blown away?
Arguably the 4 biggest losses of the century 💔
Rest in peace to not only some of the best attractions, but to some of the best works of Imagineering, of all time🕊️
NEW: Walt Disney Imagineering shared a rare behind-the-scenes look inside Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!
The full 7-minute video on YouTube features hidden secrets, Easter eggs, and stories from Imagineers who designed the attraction.
🚨Moses The Jeweler accused of selling more devalued watches to his customers by reputable Jeweler from Florida 🤯
Customer was told by Moses that the Diamond Bezel & Diamond Dial was Factory (Originally made by Rolex) but turns out it was Aftermarket (which significantly decreases the value of the watch).
Customer paid over $20,000 for a watch that cost $13,000-14,000 😳
We’ve announced plans to build a new site in Huntsville, the third U.S. location announced this year. The $6 billion facility will bring an expected 3,450 jobs and help boost domestic medicine manufacturing.
Here is a wild idea. Get rid of the committee which is filled with dishonest idiots and just take the top 12 in the AP poll. Probably solve a lot of problems
This is when you knew ESPN and the SEC had it rigged for Bama no matter what. When they made it sound like Bama escaping Auburn who was so bad this year that they fired their coach was like beating the 85 Bears. They looked really good in the 1st half is such a hilarious line