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Oliver Buchannon
Mackinnon Lawrence

Macro foresight at the AI & energy collision. By an emerging tech & global risk strategist.

The Sovereign Meter

Jul 8, 2026

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12 min read

The Sovereign Meter

How sovereign states, not markets, are coming to set the price and terms of intelligence, and reshaping who controls the AI buildout

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence
The Grid Bill Comes Due

Jun 24, 2026

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12 min read

The Grid Bill Comes Due

The fight over where AI gets built has moved from securing power to paying for the grid that delivers it, and Washington just passed up its chance to decide who pays.

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence
The Equipment Wall

Jun 9, 2026

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16 min read

The Equipment Wall

While hyperscalers race to lock up generation, the equipment that energizes it remains on backlog for the next four years

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence
The Rebundle

May 26, 2026

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14 min read

The Rebundle

While hyperscalers flee the rate base, NextEra's $66.8B Dominion deal drags the regulated utility back into the AI buildout

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence
The New Utility

May 14, 2026

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12 min read

The New Utility

Hyperscalers are creating a new corporate form, assuming generation ownership without operational responsibility

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence
The Subnational Sovereigns

Apr 29, 2026

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11 min read

The Subnational Sovereigns

The U.S. AI buildout is fracturing along state lines, reshaping capital allocation for compute, power, and natural gas

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence
The Sovereign AI Fallacy

Apr 14, 2026

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13 min read

The Sovereign AI Fallacy

How the collapse of global trade is rewriting the AI infrastructure map

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence
Orchestrating the Agentic Power Surge

Mar 31, 2026

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20 min read

Orchestrating the Agentic Power Surge

How intelligence and flexible power will stretch a constrained grid into the agentic era

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence
A Tale of Two Grids

Mar 17, 2026

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14 min read

A Tale of Two Grids

While hyperscalers abandon the public grid for captive gas, Hormuz puts climate tech back in the spotlight in the U.S.

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence
The Taiwan Triage

Mar 4, 2026

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15 min read

The Taiwan Triage

Pricing the Collision of Qatari LNG, Taiwan's Grid, and the U.S. AI Buildout

Mackinnon Lawrence
Mackinnon Lawrence

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