AI infra will look like a distributed energy grid, not a few giant plants
sarahookr · x · 2026-09-30
sudipr0y argues AI infrastructure will end up looking more like a distributed energy grid than a handful of giant power plants. The main driver is agents: each unit of agentic work requires significantly more inference, pushing compute demand toward a distributed model. An opinion take, without supporting data.
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