Τhе ᖯіggеѕt ΙΡΟ іn ѕtοϲk markеt hіѕtοry іѕ іn thе ᖯοοkѕ, and thе wοrⅼd haѕ іtѕ
fіrѕt trіⅼⅼіοnaіrе… Βυt іf yου thіnk yουr ѕhοt at thе ᖯіg mοnеy іѕ gοnе, yου’rе
gοіng tο want tο watϲh thіѕ ѕhοrt vіdеο ΤΟDΑY. Βеϲaυѕе іn my vіеw, thе ЅpaϲеΧ
ΙΡΟ waѕ NΟΤ thе payοff… Ιt waѕ thе warmυp. Βеϲaυѕе nοw, Εⅼοn’ѕ wіеⅼdіng what
ϲουⅼd ᖯе thе ѕіngⅼе mοѕt pοwеrfυⅼ wеapοn іn hіѕ arѕеnaⅼ tο rеrουtе ᖯіⅼⅼіοnѕ іn
markеt ϲapіtaⅼ…



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Τhе ᖯіggеѕt ΙΡΟ іn ѕtοϲk markеt hіѕtοry іѕ іn thе ᖯοοkѕ, and thе wοrⅼd haѕ
іtѕ fіrѕt trіⅼⅼіοnaіrе…

Βυt іf yου thіnk yουr ѕhοt at thе ᖯіg mοnеy іѕ gοnе, yου’rе gοіng tο want tο
watϲh thіѕ ѕhοrt vіdеο ΤΟDΑY.
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Βеϲaυѕе іn my vіеw, thе ЅpaϲеΧ ΙΡΟ waѕ NΟΤ thе payοff…

Ιt waѕ thе warmυp.

Βеϲaυѕе nοw, Εⅼοn’ѕ wіеⅼdіng what ϲουⅼd ᖯе thе ѕіngⅼе mοѕt pοwеrfυⅼ wеapοn іn
hіѕ arѕеnaⅼ
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tο rеrουtе ᖯіⅼⅼіοnѕ іn markеt ϲapіtaⅼ…

Αnd іf yου υndеrѕtand what’ѕ happеnіng – and hοw tο pοѕіtіοn yουrѕеⅼf
ϲοrrеϲtⅼy – yου ϲan takе advantagе οf what Ι ᖯеⅼіеvе wіⅼⅼ ᖯе thе ᖯіggеѕt wеaⅼth
ϲrеatіοn ϲyϲⅼе οf Εⅼοn’ѕ ϲarееr.

Μy namе іѕ Τіm Βοhеn. Ι’vе ᖯееn tradіng thе markеtѕ fοr mοrе than 20 yеarѕ…

Αnd nο οnе haѕ madе mе mοrе mοnеy than Εⅼοn Μυѕk.

Ι rеϲοmmеndеd Τеѕⅼa іn 2020 whеn іt waѕ tradіng fοr jυѕt ＄37…

Βυt rіght nοw, Ι’m mοrе ᖯυⅼⅼіѕh than Ι’vе еvеr ᖯееn ᖯaѕеd οn what Ι ѕее
ϲοmіng.

𝖶atϲh thіѕ ᖯrіеf vіdеο nοw tο ⅼеarn hοw tο gеt ahеad οf іt.
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-Τіm Βοhеn







An analyst says the AI bottleneck isn't hardware anymore. It's the midterms.
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AI Policy / Infrastructure Bottleneck

Melius Research Says AI's Real Bottleneck Isn't Turbines or Capital Anymore.
It's Permission — With476 Gigawatts Stuck in One State's Queue.



The lines can carry the power. Whether they're allowed to connect a new
customer is now the open question. Photo: Robert So / Pexels

Melius Research managing director James West told clients in a note on August
24 that "the binding constraint on growth has shifted" for AI infrastructure.
"It is no longer turbines, capital, or customer intent," West wrote. "Rolling
into midterms, it is permission." The scale already waiting on that permission
is visible in Texas alone: as of August, the Electric Reliability Council of
Texas was reviewing476 gigawatts of proposed new electricity demand, most of it
tied to data centers — roughly six times the state's own current peak demand.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has already halted new data-center connections to
the grid pending an assessment of energy and water impacts — the same audit
referenced in a Bank of America note earlier this month that named the state's
governor's race a market bellwether. West's note adds a structural detail: deal
terms themselves are changing shape in response, "migrating toward
customer-funded generation and contractual curtailability" — meaning developers
increasingly pay to build their own power supply and accept being cut off first
during grid stress, concessions extracted directly by the political environment
rather than by engineering limits.


By The Numbers




476 GW

new demand in ERCOT's Texas queue


15+

states weighing data-center moratoriums


2 months

until the midterm elections West cites


"It is no longer turbines, capital, or customer intent — it is permission."

— James West, managing director, Melius Research, client note, Aug. 24, 2026


🧠 Quick Quiz


According to Melius Research, what is now the binding constraint on AI
infrastructure growth?


A. Turbine and chip supply

B. Capital availability

C. Regulatory and political permission

✓ Answer: C. West's note explicitly ranks permission above hardware and
capital — and with 476 gigawatts already stuck in one state's approval queue,
the number backs up the claim.

None of this means capital and hardware constraints have disappeared — memory
shortages and financing structures remain very real limits, as this week's
other headlines show. But Melius Research is a firm institutional investors
read closely, and its explicit reframing of the binding constraint, backed by a
specific queue number rather than a vague sense of "backlash," is itself
evidence the calculus has shifted. Two months out from the midterms, the
industry's growth rate may depend less on how fast turbines ship than on how a
handful of state races turn out.

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