The End of the Single-Variable Era: How the 2026 Regulatory Wave Upended North American Data Center Site Selection
Executive Overview For the past three consecutive years, site-selection strategies for hyperscale and enterprise data centers across North America followed a simple, uncompromising mandate: find power. As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, large language model training clusters, and dense cloud computing infrastructures escalated electricity demand to unprecedented heights, developers engaged in a frantic rush to secure…
