America is planning more AI datacenters than its chip supply can fill
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); SynMax estimates that US deployments will rise from roughly 11 GW of gross capacity in 2025 to 16-18 GW in 2026, above its previous forecast of 14-16 GW. It puts the practical upper limit for 2027 in the low 20s of gigawatts. After accounting for CPUs, memory, cooling, and other loads, it converts that figure into approximately 17.5 GW of total datacenter power.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); SynMax estimates that US deployments will rise from roughly 11 GW of gross capacity in 2025 to 16-18 GW in 2026, above its previous forecast
- ▪It puts the practical upper limit for 2027 in the low 20s of gigawatts.
- ▪After accounting for CPUs, memory, cooling, and other loads, it converts that figure into approximately 17.5 GW of total datacenter power.
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