It’s Friday, June 19, 2026, and the AI data center boom just hit a reality check. We’re a little later than usual with today’s briefing, but the extra time gave us a chance to pack in even more of the stories shaping the future of technology. AI is no longer confined to apps, chatbots, or research labs. It is spilling into the physical world — pulling on power grids, reshaping national industrial policy, driving billion-dollar startup rounds, changing how governments think about cybersecurity, and forcing Big Tech to finance infrastructure at a scale once reserved for energy giants and telecom…