AI & Tech
Record for Largest AI Data Center Compute Doubles Every 7 Months Through 2028
Peter Diamandis
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"Since Colossus 1 came online in August of 2024, the record for compute in a single AI data center has doubled every 7 months. There's no sign of any slowing through 2028. Globally, AI computing capacity is now 3.3x per year. If you want to build a data center, there is a 2.5-year wait on power transformers alone and a 3-year wait on step-up transformers."
AI computing capacity is expanding at 3.3x annually, with single data center records doubling every 7 months since Elon Musk's Colossus 1 launched in August 2024. However, the critical bottleneck is no longer chips or capital but century-old electrical infrastructure, with transformer wait times extending 2.5 to 3 years. This infrastructure constraint is driving discussion of orbital and lunar data centers as terrestrial expansion hits physical limits, marking a potential civilizational transition point.
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Peter Diamandis