How drone warfare is rewriting the economics of infrastructure

The companies behind America’s power plants, oil refineries, and data centers have spent decades developing the most efficient infrastructure systems in human history. They’ve achieved that efficiency, in large part, by prioritizing scale and concentration. A massive refinery can produce more barrels at a lower cost than a network of smaller ones. A centralized data center complex can be simpler to maintain and cheaper to power. These economies of scale have reduced waste and improved margins. Yet…