AI isn’t just transforming how we work — it’s increasingly transforming where we work. For decades, real estate meant skyscrapers, office parks, and corporate campuses. In this guest post, James Eagle — a long-time friend with a talent for visualizing ideas — illustrates the rise of data center investment versus the decline of office space.

The T-shaped model shows us how to think in the AI age: breadth across many fields, and depth in one. AI expands our breadth; our human judgment brings the depth. Together, they create value.