Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Is AI growing faster than the infrastructure that powers it? The Economist’s global business writer, Shailesh Chitnis, and co-host of The Intelligence podcast, Rosie Blau, discuss the global shortage of computing power. As demand surges, firms are throttling access, spending billions on expansion and facing supply-chain bottlenecks that could reshape the future of AI.
00:00 - Why are AI companies struggling to keep up with demand?
00:37 - What is actually in short supply?
01:26 - What are AI firms doing about the shortage?
02:10 - Will simply spending more money solve the problem?
03:27 - How are suppliers responding to the crunch?
04:06 - Where are the biggest bottlenecks in the tech stack?
06:24 - How will this supply crunch affect AI’s future?
Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4tDZ31Y
The AI rush is hitting a bottleneck:https://econ.st/4w4YZdi
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Is AI growing faster than the infrastructure that powers it? The Economist’s global business writer, Shailesh Chitnis, and co-host of The Intelligence podcast, Rosie Blau, discuss the global shortage of computing power. As demand surges, firms are throttling access, spending billions on expansion and facing supply-chain bottlenecks that could reshape the future of AI.
00:00 - Why are AI companies struggling to keep up with demand?
00:37 - What is actually in short supply?
01:26 - What are AI firms doing about the shortage?
02:10 - Will simply spending more money solve the problem?
03:27 - How are suppliers responding to the crunch?
04:06 - Where are the biggest bottlenecks in the tech stack?
06:24 - How will this supply crunch affect AI’s future?
Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4tDZ31Y
The AI rush is hitting a bottleneck:https://econ.st/4w4YZdi
Subscribe: economist.com/subscribe
Download the App: economist.com/get-the-app
Instagram: instagram.com/theeconomist
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X:https://x.com/TheEconomist
#TheEconomist #ArtificialIntelligence #TechIndustry
