Nepal: The Next Frontier for AI Infrastructure?

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Data Center Trilemma

Every data center on Earth runs on three inputs: power, cooling, and connectivity. The industry has spent two decades optimizing the third while taking the first two for granted. AI changed that equation overnight.

Training a single frontier AI model now consumes as much electricity as a small city. Rack densities have surged from 8–15 kW to 50–130 kW. Cooling bills are the fastest-growing line item on every operator’s P&L. And the grids feeding the world’s largest data center markets (Northern Virginia, Singapore, Johor) are buckling under the load, with some now threatening moratoriums on new builds.

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Nepal: The Next Frontier for AI Infrastructure?