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Kant: Poolside first compute online late 2025, 250MW by Q1 2027

Eiso Kant · Intelligence Isn’t Enough: Why Energy & Compute Decide the AGI Race – Eiso Kant · Nov 6, 2025 · at 26:40

Eiso Kant, Co-CEO of AI lab Poolside, outlines the buildout schedule for Project Horizon, the company's multi-gigawatt West Texas data center project.

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“So at the beginning of Q four, end of Q three, so next year, we've got the first compute coming online. And then we're finalizing in Q one, 20, 27, the first you know, 250 megawatts, but already next summer, the next 250 megawatts starts construction. It's a staggered build. And this means that we will always have a Ryzen on, you know, essentially three times a year, an additional three, 250 megawatts coming online.”

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