'The moat is how much energy you have': AI competition boils down to power
airesearch12 · x · 2026-10-25
A widely circulated one-liner arguing that the real moat in AI is not models or talent but how much energy you can secure. It captures a growing view that compute competition is ultimately a competition for electricity as data center power demand explodes.
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