OpenAI's $70B Run Rate Meets AI's Infrastructure Challenge
THE SO WHAT
A $70B annualized revenue run rate backed by trucked-in natural gas for data centers underlines how AI growth is now gated by energy logistics, not just chips. If your roadmap assumes ever-cheaper, ever-available cloud AI, start stress-testing it against power constraints and regional infra bottlenecks.
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