China will most probably win the AI race in the long run because of one major bottleneck the US has - energy. The electric energy and grid buildout in China has been massive since a long time and there is simply no way for the US to quickly catch up.
No matter how much cash you throw you can't just materialize a 100 nuclear reactors to power the data centers.
don't worry, we're prolonging retiring coal plants and building a lot more gas turbines to meet (and really exceed) capacity needs on a state-by-state basis and just completely abandoning the Paris Agreement and any clean energy goals
just to name a few, there's a lot more I list out here: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700743">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700743
margorczynski · · focus · HN ↗
No matter how much cash you throw you can't just materialize a 100 nuclear reactors to power the data centers.
paimapi · · focus · HN ↗
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<a href="https://cleanenergy.org/news/psc-approves-georgia-powers-dangerously-short-sighted-irp/" rel="nofollow">https://cleanenergy.org/news/psc-approves-georgia-powers-dan...
<a href="https://www.smarterdigitalvirginia.com/post/the-big-bottleneck-power-crunch-keeps-data-centers-in-the-dark" rel="nofollow">https://www.smarterdigitalvirginia.com/post/the-big-bottlene...
just to name a few, there's a lot more I list out here: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700743">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700743