{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"233: From a 9-Figure Exit to a $10 Billion Data Center with Jason Van Gaal","description":"AI isn\u2019t just creating a software boom, it\u2019s creating an infrastructure crisis. As demand for AI explodes, the real bottleneck isn\u2019t chips or models anymore. It\u2019s power, cooling, permitting, and the ability to build data centers fast enough to keep up.  Jason Van Gaal has spent more than a decade solving exactly that problem. After building and exiting multiple data center companies \u2014 including one of the largest Canadian tech exits of 2019 \u2014 Jason is now taking on his biggest project yet: building a $10 billion AI data center campus in Alberta powered by its own energy infrastructure. In this episode, we break down the future of AI infrastructure, why data centers are becoming power companies, the realities of scaling massive industrial projects, and what Jason learned from building, exiting, and starting over again.   Key Takeaways with Jason Van Gaal From Two Exits to a $10B Swing  Hire People Better Than Yourself  Cutting Build Time to 120 Days  Financing 400% Growth Without Imploding  How He Invests After the Exit  Why He Came Out of Retirement  Why Alberta Won the Build  Busting the Data Center Water Myth  Noise, Infrasound, and Tinfoil Hats  What Happens If Approvals Fail  Why He Stays in His Lane  Why Scaling Fast Is a Trap  Learning Just in Time vs Just in Case   Watch on YouTube: https:\/\/youtu.be\/eRR-PLNkVtQ     Let\u2019s Connect: Website | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Twitter | Facebook ","author_name":"Beyond A Million","author_url":"https:\/\/beyondamillion.com\/","html":"