What do the US and China have in common? They’re both restless, ambitious, and addicted to growth. On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer breaks down how both countries are betting their futures on infrastructure. Over the last two decades, China has been on a building spree—everything from high-speed rail to mega dams, bridges, and airports. Entire cities from nothing. Meanwhile, the US infrastructure boom is digital. Companies like OpenAI and Google are spending record amounts on data centers, grid upgrades, and microchip supply chains, the technological highways that will power the next wave of AI.