The AI bottleneck has shifted from chips to electricity, the post argues
XFreeze · x · 2026-07-21
A post argues that the biggest constraint on AI is no longer chips but electricity.
It frames the AI race as having shifted from silicon to megawatts, echoing Elon Musk’s long-running view that power availability is becoming the binding constraint.
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