US Builds Data Centers Locally, But Hardware Relies on Mexico and Taiwan
nathanbenaich · x · 2026-08-02
Nathan Benaich highlights the current reality of the AI infrastructure supply chain: while data centers are increasingly being built on US soil, the hardware manufacturing heavily relies on supply chains in Mexico and Taiwan.
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