Cloud computing, AI—none of it exists without electricity.
Computation may appear abstract, but at its core, it is wattage.
Running GPUs, accessing storage, maintaining networks—everything runs on power.
In that sense, control over the digital world is, ultimately, control over electricity.
“Data sovereignty” is inseparable from energy sovereignty.
Whether it’s a nation or a company, anyone who wants to build and maintain the infrastructure of the next era shouldn’t start with servers or software.
They should start with land and electricity.
Where there is land, sustainable energy, and resilience against disaster,
that is where the foundations for next-generation data and AI will be built.
As a result, the structure of the internet is already shifting from “centralized” to “polycentric and distributed.”
In this emerging paradigm, the number of physical sites and the reliability of power flowing into them will become the new measure of competitiveness.
Until now, selling electricity has been the primary business model for renewable energy.
But even as the demand for total power increases, the nature of that demand is shifting away from heavy industry.
From here on, the question will be not how much electricity we can sell, but how efficiently we can convert electricity into computation.
Local energy consumption is no longer a lifestyle choice—it is becoming a strategic tool for regional infrastructure independence.
The real question is this: how much stable electricity can we provide to each square meter of land?
This is why watt–bit integration is so vital.
Electricity and compute must be designed together and deployed together.
To embed AI into society, we must first place the bit upon the watt.
What sustains the distributed future won’t be invisible models or code.
It will be wiring, voltage, terrain, and physical distance.
And in Japan’s rural regions, the possibility to build that foundation still exists.