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AI chip efficiency has improved 10-fold over recent years, yet aggregate data center power demand continues to surge, exposing the paradox that Moore's Law gains are outpaced by workload growth.

Efficiency gains alone cannot solve AI infrastructure's power bottleneck; baseload generation (nuclear, renewable) and grid expansion must scale in parallel with chip improvements to meet buildout timelines.
Trade pressSlicast · September 27, 2026 at 10:18 UTC · US · Source: hackernoon.com
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