This Startup Is Powering the Trillion-Dollar Energy Infrastructure Boom

Meet Paces, the startup building the largest permitting and power-availability dataset in the United States — enabling developers, data-center builders, and renewable-energy players to move faster than ever.From automating 80%+ of the energy-development workflow to unlocking hidden power on the grid, Paces is quietly shaping trillions of dollars worth of energy infrastructure.00:00 – Why America Has 28,000 Permitting Jurisdictions01:12 – How Paces Began: The Origin Story03:40 – Early Problems in Renewable Development06:30 – Why Paces Joined YC08:55 – Building the Largest Permitting Dataset in the US11:20 – Scraping, Cleaning & Using LLMs for Zoning Laws14:05 – Finding Power on the Grid (and why it got harder)16:50 – Transformer Shortages & Multi-Million-Dollar Deposits19:40 – Data Centers vs Utilities: The New Reality22:15 – Can Clean Energy Actually Power AI?24:30 – Solar + Batteries vs Gas vs Nuclear for Speed27:00 – The True Bottleneck: Capital & Supply Chain Timing29:10 – How Startups Can Innovate in Energy Hardware32:45 – The One-Person Billion Dollar Power Company36:00 – Automating 80% of Energy Development38:10 – Future of Energy, AI & Infrastructure40:00 – How to Contact Paces / HiringThe Electric Slidehttps://www.notboring.co/p/the-electric-slideRho Website - https://www.rho.co/PublicWebsite - https://public.com/James McWalterhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmcwalter/Nichole wischoffhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholewischoff/