What is the real bottleneck currently threatening the exponential scaling of artificial intelligence?

Naveen Rao
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VP of Generative AI & Former CEO of MosaicML at Databricks

Niche: AI
Revenue: Approx. USD 583 Million/month
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Started: 2013

The ultimate constraint is electrical power and transmission infrastructure rather than silicon supply. Training gigawatt-scale clusters requires immense baseload energy that conventional regional power grids cannot deliver within reasonable timeframes. Securing dedicated clean energy, nuclear power, and advanced liquid cooling is now the defining competitive battleground.

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