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Not gadget reviews. We cover the industry as an institution: what it builds, what it costs, who it answers to, and which parts of American life it is quietly taking over.

$1.9TAnnounced US data-center capex through 2030
31States with an AI statute on the books
82%Of inference capacity held by four firms
18 moMedian time from filing to first rack

The series: Machines at Work

Six parts · Updated monthly
Part oneThe permission problemHow agentic software got signing authority inside three Fortune 500 companies.Marcus Oyelaran · 1 min
Part twoThe people who review the machineA shift on the exception queue at a Midwest insurer.Elliot Shaw · 1 min
Part threeWhen the audit arrivesWhat regulators actually ask for, and what companies can produce.Meridian · 12 min
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Inside the substation that AI is waiting on

Twelve minutes inside a Virginia switchyard, with the engineers who decide what gets connected and when.

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Enterprise software vendors spent a year shipping autonomous agents. Their customers spent a year building approval queues to slow them down.

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