The AI Boom Has a Copper Problem

The AI Boom Has a Copper Problem

The internet’s next existential crisis won’t be disinformation or deepfakes. It will be copper.The world is building AI like it’s Minecraft, stacking data centers, transmission lines, and cooling systems with little regard for the physical limits beneath them. Everyone is focused on models and computation, but few acknowledge the metal that makes them run.Every piece of modern electrical infrastructure—not just AI—depends on copper. AI data cent…