Why Most Data Center Strategies Fail: The Painful Blind Spots Turning Billion-Dollar AI Bets into Expensive Failures

$400+ billion in data center Capex in 2025, yet delays, budget overruns and underperforming capacity are becoming the norm. The problem isn’t technology. It’s four recurring strategic blind spots: power & cooling as afterthoughts, siloed teams, MW obsession, and invisible auxiliary waste.

In this hard-hitting episode (Energy Dominance Week 20, Part II) I expose exactly why most AI infrastructure strategies are failing, and what the top performers are doing differently at governance level.

You’ll be forced to confront:

• Are your power and cooling decisions still made after the big architectural choices?

• Do your IT and energy teams actually share accountability?

• Are you scaling megawatts or usable compute per kWh?

Keywords: data center strategy failure, AI infrastructure blind spots, power cooling governance, energy strategy data center, Capex efficiency AI, stranded assets data center, auxiliary waste data center, TCO data center, board-level energy governance, Energy Dominance

Full article with blind-spot matrix, 10-year cost model, governance transformation framework, and the complete board-level readiness checklist:

https://www.renegrywnow.com/insights/why-data-center-strategies-fail-ai-infrastructure-2026