Musk predicts 'stranded compute' in half-built data centers, questioning infinite demand
mjdramstead · x · 2026-10-25
Elon Musk said we'll likely see "a lot of stranded compute in partially complete data centers." Ed Zitron pushed back: if demand for compute is truly infinite, how would that even be possible? A rare admission from inside the buildout that overcapacity risk is real.
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