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Data Centre Firms Say the AI Bottleneck Is Now Power and Labour

A survey of 300 decision-makers found power availability and skilled workers are the main barriers, with European grid delays stretching to 10 years.

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Executives from NTT Data, Brookfield and Infosys say electricity and skilled labour, not chips, now limit how fast AI data centres get built. In Europe the binding constraint is worse, with grid connections in congested markets running to ten years. The thing slowing the AI buildout is no longer the chips. Executives running some of […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Data center firms say energy and labor, not chips, are holding back AI growth

The AI industry's growth is hindered by energy and labor shortages, potentially leading to increased operational costs and delayed advancements.

Access to electricity and the shortage of skilled workers are emerging as the main obstacles to building data centres at the pace required by the expansion of artificial intelligence.

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