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Brad Gerstner argues that America relies entirely on building data centers and expanding compute capacity to drive economic growth. Top developers like OpenAI and Anthropic plan to jump from 3 gigawatts of power to 20 gigawatts by next year.
Supply constraints force the AI industry to run every available graphics processing unit worldwide at full capacity.
“…not a dark GPU in the world today…”
From No Dark GPU: AI's Compute Scarcity Fuels Explosive Growth
America faces pressure to expand infrastructure rapidly to secure global AI dominance.
“I'm really worried about making sure that America stays foot on the accelerator, competing globally, and winning the AI race…”
From No Dark GPU: AI's Compute Scarcity Fuels Explosive Growth
Expanding compute infrastructure accounts for all current gross domestic product growth. Stopping this construction leads directly to high unemployment and stalls the economy.
“All of our GDP growth is coming from the fact that we are building data centers and driving AI and driving productivity improvements in the economy. A data center moratorum would thrust us straight into a recession and high unemployment.”
From Data Center Bans = US Recession, China Wins AI Overnight
Energy demands are multiplying rapidly for top companies. OpenAI and Anthropic started the year using 3 gigawatts of compute but plan to consume 20 gigawatts by next year.
“OpenAI and Anthropic combined to start the year had three gigawatts of compute. Three combined. They're going to end the year closer to 10 and end next year closer to 20.”
From No Dark GPU: AI's Compute Scarcity Fuels Explosive Growth
“The second you start spending a hundred billion dollars on capex annually, okay, you run into the AWS problem…”
From The AWS Problem for AI: Why Hyperscalers Need Your Business
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