AI data centers drive massive copper and aluminum demand via grid upgrades, not just servers. Wood Mackenzie details the supply strain.
The global race to build data centers has accelerated to the point where Meta Platforms, Inc.
(NASDAQ:META) has ditched conventional plans, pitching billion-dollar tent cities.
The situation is known.
AI needs servers, which need liquid cooling systems, advanced chips, and warehouse-sized computing clusters.
Yet, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie, that narrative misses the bigger—and far more metal-intensive—story.
Research from consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) finds that the base metals required to power the global data centre boom…
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"Data center capacity in the United States is not going to age well," MNTN CEO Mark Douglas told Fortune. He gives it two years.
As the AI data center build out charges ahead at full speed, a new asset class is emerging.
Gotta do something with all those data centers.
Utilities warn that new AI-optimized facilities can consume as much power as a small city, straining an already aging grid and…
