Buyer told to wait 8-12 months for an H100: the GPU shortage is about power, cooling and talent, not chip supply
ingliguori · x · 2026-09-29
The author tried to buy an H100 GPU last month and was told to come back in 8-12 months, while NVIDIA's market cap keeps climbing.
He argues the GPU shortage isn't about chip fabrication but about supporting bottlenecks:
- Power infrastructure: GPUs can't run without enough electricity
- Cooling systems: the hardware runs extremely hot
- Talent: few people know how to actually optimize GPU usage
Tech companies are hoarding GPUs like dot-com domains in 1999, but the winners will be those who use them smartest, not those who own the most. He closes by asking whether readers are buying or building their AI infrastructure.
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