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Elon Musk: “We're seeing the rate of AI chip production increase…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — 1/22/2026

Published | Video Starts at 13:47

Yeah. I think the limiting factor for AI deployment is fundamentally electrical power. It's just right synergy. Yeah, yeah. I mean We're seeing the rate of AI chip production increase exponentially. But the rate of electricity being bought online is 3%, 4% a year, max. Yeah. It's clear that we're very soon, maybe even later this year we'll be producing more chips than we can turn on. Except for China. China. China's. (13:47–13:59)

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Asserts a disparity between the exponential growth of AI chip production and the slower growth of electricity supply.

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