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The 5% rate regime concentrates energy-transition capital around strong credits. Hyperscalers combine investment-grade ratings, captive demand, and long-tenor financing to fund behind-the-meter generation near investment-grade pricing, while merchant projects face wider spreads and higher levelized costs.
Infrastructure allocation predicts industrial geography only when capital is concentrated, project-specific, and backed by durable demand. Grid capacity has become the primary rationing variable.
The semiconductor supply chain is not a policy debate — it is a physical constraint. Advanced packaging, equipment tooling, and rare earth processing cannot be duplicated instantaneously. The irreversible timeline for strategic decoupling is approximately 2028-2032.
Nuclear baseload economics is a financing problem wearing an engineering costume. The Vogtle FOAK penalty, the SMR cost curve, and what hyperscaler nuclear deals actually buy.