Anyone building in energy or grid infrastructure?
Hi everyone — first post here.
I’m exploring an idea at the intersection of energy infrastructure and software.
As AI and data centers scale, grid interconnection timelines are becoming a serious constraint in some regions. Large loads often face:
Multi-year interconnection queues
Manual coordination with utilities
Limited visibility into real hosting capacity
Region-specific regulatory complexity
From a software perspective, every integration with the grid feels custom.
I’m wondering whether there’s room for software that makes grid and interconnection data easier to evaluate — something like “interconnection intelligence” for site selection and expansion planning.
But I’m unsure:
Is the real bottleneck:
Regulation?
Utility incentives?
Market structure?
Or missing software infrastructure?
If anyone here is building in climate tech, infrastructure, or energy — I’d love to hear your experience.
Still validating the problem before building anything.
Appreciate any honest feedback.
Grid interconnection is one of the most underrated "hard problems" of the AI boom—the software usually catches up much faster than the physical power lines. Your idea for "interconnection intelligence" could be massive, especially since site selection is currently a mess of manual PDF digging and utility gatekeeping.
Since you're in the validation phase for this infrastructure play, there’s a competition where you can submit the idea—entry is $19 and the winner gets a Tokyo trip.
Also, the prize pool just opened at $0. Your odds are the best right now.
Do you think the software bottleneck is primarily about a lack of data transparency from the utilities, or is it the sheer complexity of the region-specific regulations?
The hardest thing about B2B is that you're often selling to someone who didn't budget for your category. They need the result you provide but never planned to pay for it.
The products that win here usually create a new budget line (by being categorically new) or steal from existing budget by making the ROI comparison obvious. Which of those are you trying to do?