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The gas turbine shortage just became AI’s biggest constraint: Turbine backlogs hit 2031 as 36.3 GW data center demand surge for 2027 outpaces combined annual manufacturing output of all three major turbine makers

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Key Takeaway The next phase of AI data centers is being shaped as much by energy/turbine availability and local permitting fights as by new vendor partnerships.
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Officials nationwide face death threats and gunfire over AI data center projects — More than 500 towns restrict builds as councils shutter public comment

The gas turbine shortage just became AI’s biggest constraint: Turbine backlogs hit 2031 as 36.3 GW data center demand surge for 2027 outpaces combined annual manufacturing output of all three major turbine makers

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Officials nationwide face death threats and gunfire over AI data center projects — More than 500 towns restrict builds as councils shutter public comment

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  • The gas turbine shortage just became AI’s biggest constraint: Turbine backlogs hit 2031 as 36.3 GW data center demand surge for 2027 outpaces combined annual manufacturing output of all three major turbine makers Tom's Hardware
  • Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says data centers 'dug their own grave' techradar.com
  • Data centers near O’Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap techradar.com
  • Officials nationwide face death threats and gunfire over AI data center projects — More than 500 towns restrict builds as councils shutter public comment Tom's Hardware
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Guizhou is drowning in debt but hosts some of China's biggest data centers

Local jobs barely grew even as billions poured into China's booming rural data center boom

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Northern Virginia still leads global data center capacity

The US has 15 of the world's 20 biggest hyperscale markets as data center expansion moves beyond traditional technology hubs

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Korean engineers are now turning to the deep blue sea for data centers

Ulsan wants to build underwater server farms that use freezing seawater instead of expensive mechanical air conditioning systems

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How does LPDDR demand from AI data centers affect the PS6 handheld's component pricing?

The article says heavy AI data center demand has driven up LPDDR, especially LPDDR5X, prices, which raises component costs for the PS6 handheld and makes a $600 retail price "definitely not possible right now." Those higher memory costs have also pushed the PS6 bill of materials up (the leaker estimates the PS6 BOM near $960), putting real pressure on where Sony can set pricing for the handheld. Answered

PlayStation 6 handheld not expected to stay under $600, warns leaker
Can the market absorb this capacity?

The question is not whether we are building data centers. The question is whether we are building productive AI factories. An AI factory turns energy and data into valuable intelligence. Its customers are broad: frontier AI labs, AI clouds, enterprises and nations. They are building AI because it has become useful — doing valuable work across every industry. There is discipline in the model. Each financing partner will independently evaluate demand, utilization, cash flow and residual value. Capacity will be built around real customer economics.

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