Ben Bajarin: clean rooms and data center footprint are the two big drivers of the AI cycle
BenBajarin · x · 2026-10-14
Ben Bajarin argues the two fundamental drivers of this AI cycle are both expensive and massive: new clean room space and new data center square footage—AI demand translating into real physical expansion of chipmaking and data center capacity.
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