{"id":1163,"date":"2025-12-06T18:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2025-12-06T18:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:59:19","slug":"nvidia-ceo-says-u-s-data-centers-take-3-years-but-china-can-build-a-hospital-in-a-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=1163","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia CEO says U.S. data centers take 3 years, but China ‘can build a hospital in a weekend’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said China has an AI infrastructure advantage over the U.S., namely in construction and energy.<\/p>\n

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While the U.S. retains an edge on AI chips, he warned China can build large projects at staggering speeds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to build a data center here in the United States from breaking ground to standing up a AI supercomputer is probably about three years,\u201d Huang told Center for Strategic and International Studies President John Hamre in late November. \u201cThey can build a hospital in a weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The speed at which China can build infrastructure is just one of his concerns. He also worries about the countries\u2019 comparative energy capacity to support the AI boom.<\/p>\n

China has \u201ctwice as much energy as we have as a nation, and our economy is larger than theirs. Makes no sense to me,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

He added that China\u2019s energy capacity continues to grow \u201cstraight up\u201d, while the U.S.\u2019s remains relatively flat.<\/p>\n

Still, Huang maintained that Nvidia is \u201cgenerations ahead\u201d of China on AI chip technology to support the demand for the tech and semiconductor manufacturing process.<\/p>\n

But he warned against complacency on this front, adding that \u201canybody who thinks China can\u2019t manufacture is missing a big idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet Huang is hopeful about Nvidia\u2019s future, noting President Donald Trump\u2019s push to reshore manufacturing jobs and spur AI investments.<\/p>\n

\u2018Insatiable AI demand\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Early last month, Huang made headlines by predicting China would win the AI race\u2014a message he amended soon thereafter, saying the country was \u201cnanoseconds behind America\u201d in the race in a statement shared to his company\u2019s X account.<\/p>\n

Nvidia is just one of the big tech companies pouring billions of dollars into a data center buildout in the U.S., which experts tell Fortune<\/em> could amount to over $100 billion in the next year alone.<\/p>\n

Raul Martynek, the CEO of DataBank, a company that contracts with tech giants to construct data centers, said the average cost of a data center is $10 million to $15 million per megawatt (MW), and a typical data centers on the smaller side requires 40 MW.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the U.S., we think there will be 5 to 7 gigawatts brought online in the coming year to support this seemingly insatiable AI demand,\u201d Martynek said.<\/p>\n

This shakes out to $50 billion on the low end, and $105 billion on the high end.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

#Nvidia #CEO #U.S #data #centers #years #China #build #hospital #weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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