Why the US Will Never Beat China in Construction Speed?
In Episode 14 of The Punch List Podcast, Jon Wright, Kanav Hasija, and Tanmaya Kala take on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s claim that data centers take three years to build in the US while China can build a hospital in a weekend. They break down why US construction moves so slowly, how some general contractors are already delivering data centers in 11 to 14 months, and why permits, fragmented contracting, and broken supply chains have become a national security issue.
The episode opens with TK’s story of how a limited engineering branch choice in India turned into a career in buildings, then moves…
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