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title: "Chapter 4, permanent power, due 31 December 2026 · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2026-5
description: "Chapter 4, permanent power: due 31 December 2026."
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# Chapter 4, permanent power

Due 31 December 2026

**The test.** Withdrawn if the records date the second substation’s entry into service on or before 31 December 2025, the end of the season the Chamber named. Weakened if they date it between 1 January and 11 February 2026, before TVA’s authorization. Confirmed if they date it after 11 February 2026.

open Open. No posted utility minute records the second substation entering service.

From *The AI Compute Race*. [Read the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#buy)

**Falls due:** 31 December 2026

**Read on:** MLGW’s and TVA’s posted records

**Chapter:** [Chapter 4 — One Rack](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-4)How a datacenter is actually built, from a converted factory in Memphis to a greenfield campus in Texas, and what the clock from first ground to first power really measures.

## Filings that bear on it

- [Tennessee Valley Authority, Board of Directors meeting minutes, 11 February 2026](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/filings/tva-feb26)TVA’s board on 11 February 2026 approved making 150 megawatts of additional firm power available to CTC Property through MLGW, contingent on contractual, financial and operational requirements, the customer asking to start as early as February 2026.

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