Hyperscaler AI capex to US grid bottleneck, capital down-stack, beneficiaries and breakage 1 · hyperscaler capex accelerates 2 · data-center load surges 3 · US grid bottleneck forms 4 · down-stack: equity + campuses 5 · beneficiaries: convert to power 6 · breakage: gated · economics anchor tenant Hyperscaler AI capex accelerates Data-center load surges the chain binds here transformer lead times interconn queue · waits 5+ yrs Energy equity solar + storage NVIDIA · SB Energy Campus commitments credit support Azure power backlog Storage Fluence · Nextpower Grid equipment GEV · Eaton · Vertiv Utilities PJM · ERCOT loads Power economics PPA terms erode Gated buildout delivery stays gated Anchor tenant single-tenant flips