This is the language of the fait accompli – AI is coming whether we like it or not, so the only question is how quickly we can embrace it. AI is therefore arriving at precisely the moment Australia is already attempting an enormous transformation of its electricity system. That will require rebuilding the skilled construction capacity that Australia has allowed to decline. Australia still prohibits nuclear power generation, but policy can change, and regulatory conditions can be modernised. If Australia continues to treat dispatchable power as an afterthought, nuclear as untouchable, and high-skill trades as lesser careers, then the AI boom will indeed be a fait accompli – just not here.