AI infrastructure regulation is no longer emerging from an unexpected direction. Energy regulators, environmental agencies, and local planning authorities have become the primary gatekeepers of AI's physical buildout, and their authority is growing. Community opposition blocked 130 billion dollars in US data center projects in Q1 2026 alone. The EU is tightening energy and water efficiency standards. The Defense Production Act has been invoked to designate grid infrastructure as a national security asset. This tracker maps the physical layer of AI policy.