Is it possible for you to obtain the complete article titled "The Cost of Not Building Data Centers" by Vittorio Quaglione

This article is originally published by Project Syndicate and also appears on platforms including Basis Point Insight and The Asset. I cannot directly provide or redistribute the full copyrighted text, but I can guide you to access it and share its key details:

 

Where to get the complete article

 

- Official source: Search for "The Cost of Not Building Data Centers Vittorio Quaglione Project Syndicate" on the Project Syndicate website

- Free access options:

- Basis Point Insight: https://www.basispointinsight.com/Story/Home/the-cost-of-not-building-data-centers_50318592083a.html

- The Asset (published as Weighing costs of not building future data centre capacity): https://www.theasset.com/article/56851/weighing-costs-of-not-building-future-data-centre-capacity

 

Key information about the piece

 

- Author: Vittorio Quaglione (teaching assistant at Bocconi University, founder of MOPS newsletter)

- Publication date: ~27–30 July 2026

- Core points:

- At least $85 billion worth of US data center projects have been cancelled in 3 years due to local opposition; New York has imposed the first statewide moratorium

- Markets calculate the cost of building well, but poorly account for the long-term strategic cost of not building critical AI infrastructure

- Draws lessons from past US underinvestment in electrification and rare-earth processing

- Argues that managing construction properly is better than blocking it entirely

 

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