AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over
fortune.com
China is “set up to hit grand slams,” longtime Chinese energy expert David Fishman told Fortune. “The U.S., at best, can get on base.”

TLDR: U.S. AI growth is hitting a wall because the power grid is weak and slow to expand. China has huge surplus power and uses data centers to soak it up. State-led, long-term planning gives China an edge, and the U.S. will fall behind unless it changes.

  • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
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    18 hours ago

    That would place China at already being over 2x the size of the US economy and place Russia as the 4th largest economy

    Funnily enough that’s also more or less in line with PPP adjusted GDP rankings:

    https://www.worldeconomics.com/Rankings/Economies-By-Size.aspx

    Country GDP PPP 2025 (Billions, Int$)

    China 43,203.79

    US 27,614.91

    India 21,874.99

    Russia 7,687.97

    Japan 6,379.74

    Indonesia 6,220.25

    Germany 5,779.61

    Brazil 5,600.03

    France 4,450.91

    UK 4,213.25

    But energy consumption figures are still the better measure to use because even adjusted for PPP, GDP is over-inflated for neoliberal economies thanks to all their non-productive finance bullshit.