How the Iran war could derail the AI boom
2026-03-22 16:16 UTC
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@EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2026-03-23 05:15
Is the helium not reusable? It isn’t chemically reactive, so I wouldn’t expect it to be consumed. I’ll be honest, shortages of some of these “ancillary” chemicals are not something I had anticipated. /ancillary in quotes because they are still a really big deal
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@green_goglin@thelemmy.club 2026-03-22 17:20
There is no “AI Boom”. It’s merely a manufactured narrative.
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@Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2026-03-22 23:14
Yeah.... The Iran war is why the bubble will pop... Damned Iran destabilizing the very healthy AI market!!1!
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@db2@lemmy.world 2026-03-22 16:32
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@pivot_root@lemmy.world 2026-03-22 21:06
No, it won't. It will cause more of the supply to be reallocated away from consumers into enterprise, and that is exactly what the big tech companies want to see happen. Having access to a computer and phone is as much of a necessity to survive in modern society as internet is. When personal computing is unaffordable to the point where subscription computing is a good enough "deal" for consumers to jump on, the ball will start rolling towards the inevitable price squeeze that we have no choice but to accept.
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@humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2026-03-23 01:52
The biggest user of Helium is MRIs at about 40% of global demand. Chips were 20%, but maybe they are catching up. Since AI chips, or even ddr5, has such huge profit margins, expect MRIs to be less insurable instead. No more fiber optics or quantum computing research.
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@BigTuffAl@lemmy.zip 2026-03-22 16:51
Uh huh, wait until China seizes TSMC and the depleted US Navy just has to sit there like pikachu
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@Zoldyck@lemmy.world 2026-03-22 17:11
The American war
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@elbiter@lemmy.world 2026-03-22 21:34
Paywall
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@Shortstack@reddthat.com 2026-03-22 18:06
Don’t threaten me with a good time
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@Gsus4@mander.xyz 2026-03-22 19:19
And a cautionary tale for green transition...
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@youcantreadthis@quokk.au 2026-03-22 19:03
Oh no. Higher pc component prices! Somebody hasnt shopped computer recently.
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@StillAlive@piefed.world 2026-03-22 18:44
إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ