Essays
A megaproject with a deep public record, read for what transfers to data center delivery. Long form, evidence first, every figure linked to the document it came from.
- 120 days of what? A prefabricated AI data center built in 120 days. The number is true. It starts the clock late, and compares itself with a clock that starts early.
- How a quarter becomes a year Most published dates do not slip in an announcement. They widen, restated until the original commitment has dissolved.
- Ten days in Wuhan A 1,000 bed hospital from ground-breaking to handover in ten days. What duration looks like when no flow is binding.
- The railway that existed before it worked Crossrail finished its tunnels in 2015 and opened in 2022. The recovery explains the delay better than the delay does.