Electricity is 1–6% of the price of a GPU-hour. The other 94–99% is how long you waited. The Time-to-Power Index is Algorithm AI's ongoing research on the real constraint in AI infrastructure — not cost, schedule.
Most industry commentary argues about the wrong 1–6% of the bill. We built the Time-to-Power Index to track what actually gates AI deployment: interconnection queues, equipment lead times, and the schedule risk that determines whether a data center exists at all — not just what it costs once it does.
Every piece we publish carries at least one finding that runs against our own commercial interest. That's the rule that separates a reference instrument from marketing, and it's why the Index is worth subscribing to even if you never do business with us.