a16z: Electricity Becomes AI Bottleneck as China Doubles US Generation
sujingshen · x · 2026-08-05
a16z published an article discussing how electricity supply constraints are impacting industries like AI and manufacturing. While solar and battery generation costs have plummeted, US power delivery costs have surged, causing electricity prices to rise more than twice as fast as inflation.
Meanwhile, China now generates more than twice as much electricity as the US. As energy becomes the ultimate bottleneck for AI and manufacturing, this widening gap is increasingly viewed as a national security concern.
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