# US AI's Bottleneck Shifts From Chips to the Power Grid

An episode of [CATO — Geopolitics & Macro | AGORA Intelligence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6806183644), 31 Oct 2026, 7:51.

Audio: https://audio.agora-intelligence.com/en/us-ai-power-grid-latin-america-energy-bloc.mp3

Lead times for large transformers have stretched to as long as four years, so one ordered today could arrive just ahead of the 2030 deadline for connecting 50 gigawatts of data centers. The power grid, not chips, is now the binding constraint on US AI. That is why the CFR proposes turning Latin America into an energy and minerals bloc, backed by DFC and EXIM guarantees that would shift the region's risk premium onto the federal balance sheet.

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