ISSUE 01
The Veto Economy
The data center industry has a $64 billion problem it didn't see coming and still isn't pricing correctly.
JULY 2026
Eight-figure site decisions are being made without pricing the variable that is now killing deals. We track it: permitting risk, regulatory divergence, and the political economy of where data centers actually get built.
The data center industry has a $64 billion problem it didn't see coming and still isn't pricing correctly.
Communities are blocking, suing, and legislating against the infrastructure the internet runs on. Capital hasn't priced it yet. The industry built the cloud. Now it can't get permits.
New research on permitting risk, regulatory divergence, and the political economy of digital infrastructure. No noise.