InfrastructureOct 7, 2026 · 10:01 AM ET · a16z
And how America will power the next wave of growth
Builder score 75Why it scoresRules judge pick: Infrastructure item; Topics: compute, energy; Source: a16z.
Builder's brief · Oct 7, 2026
Builder's brief: Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait
1 picks. Also: nothing else cleared the bar.
What changed
1 picks. Leading: Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait.
Infrastructure1
What it costs to build now
Live build costs from public sources. Full tables on the stack page.
AI API prices
441 models priced per 1M tokens.
Source: OpenRouter, fetched 2026-10-25
GPU rental
33 GPU models priced per GPU-hour.
Source: Vast.ai, fetched 2026-10-25
Cost of money
Bank Prime Loan Rate: 7.00% on Oct 21, 2026.
Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (DPRIME)
Where the openings are
Ownership and build openings: Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait.
InfrastructureOct 7, 2026 · 10:01 AM ET · a16z
And how America will power the next wave of growth
Builder score 75