# Energy can't scale like data centers

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-02-24
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** LIVE from NEARCON Day 1 In SF (The Rollup)
- **Watch at:** 03:06:35 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ93LgM1N-o&t=11195s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2026-02-24-energy-can-t-scale-like-data-centers-isa4/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Energy can't scale like data centers," LIVE from NEARCON Day 1 In SF (The Rollup), 24 Feb 2026, 03:06:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ93LgM1N-o&t=11195s

## Quote — verbatim

> A nuclear reactor from permit to power takes about 15 years — last one we built was 14 years... This energy doesn't move as fast as data centers do, and Elon was very clear... we cannot build more energy on earth, we got to go to space.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Lists bottlenecks: gas turbines ~8-year wait, grid interconnection 10-15 years ([03:07:19]), transmission worse than production, utility-scale solar impractical without storage. Sets up his thesis of moving compute to where energy already is.