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STRATEGY · APAC · JUL 2026
The Physical Stack: Where the Bottlenecks Are
Preview: hover a supply-chain node for a snapshot — open the report for the full contents.
1.PowerCritical Bottleneck
2.SiliconTight
3.CoolingRapidly Innovating
4.Land & PermittingTightening
5.ConnectivityStrategic
6.ConstructionStressed
Digital Infrastructure
The Physical Stack: Where the Bottlenecks Are
Deep dive · 18 min read
JUL 2026·APAC

Capital committed

Energy Transition

$2.3T

Global energy transition investment

2025

Digital Infrastructure

$410B

Hyperscaler AI capex

2025

Semiconductors

$166B

Semiconductor industry capex

2025

The interdependency

AI capex creates power demand before the grid can answer it, and every new gigawatt unlocks the next wave of compute.

Energy & power

  • $5.8T grid investment projected 2026–2035 (JPMorgan)
  • $483B grid spending in 2025 — up 17% YoY (BNEF)
  • 95 GW US data centre capacity by end of 2027 (Goldman Sachs)

AI & digital infra

  • $7.6T cumulative AI capex 2026–2031 (Goldman Sachs)
  • 75% of hyperscaler capex directed to AI infrastructure
  • data centre electricity demand by 2030 (IEA)

Power is the binding constraint. Access to electricity has surpassed connectivity as the primary factor in data centre site selection. Companies that own existing, grid-connected capacity are sitting on something scarce: nobody else can get connected to power that fast.

What we cover

Industries shaped by long-term capital deployment.

Energy & Electrification

The foundation of the next industrial cycle.

Power generation · Grid & transmission · Energy storage · Electrification · Grid equipment

Digital Infrastructure

The physical backbone of AI and cloud computing.

Data centres · Fibre & connectivity · Networking · Subsea cables

Critical Infrastructure Supply Chains

The enabling industries behind global capital deployment.

Semiconductors · Cooling infrastructure · Industrial automation · Critical minerals · Industrial equipment

The opportunity

$1.5 trillion a year in infrastructure capex, yet almost no one covers it across all three pillars.

The capital cycle reshaping energy, compute, and semiconductors is the largest coordinated infrastructure buildout in history. Yet fewer than a handful of independent research firms cover them with models you can open, assumptions you can inspect, and forecasts in the open.

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$7.6T

Cumulative AI infrastructure capex, 2026–2031

Goldman Sachs

$5.8T

Global grid investment, 2026–2035

JPMorgan / BNEF

$166B

Semiconductor capex, 2025

Semiconductor Intelligence

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Independent research firms with bottom-up models across all three pillars

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