AI boom hits Israel's power grid as regulator freezes new data center…

Israel's electricity regulator has frozen new data centre connections as AI infrastructure demand strains the national power grid. The freeze creates immediate capacity constraints for companies seeking to build or expand compute facilities in the country. If you're building AI infrastructure in Israel, the grid just shut the door. You'll need to either build local power generation, move to a different country, or wait for the regulator to lift the freeze—which means understanding who has political weight to reopen it.