Comment by rapjr9

Seems I'm not the only one thinking along these lines:

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-is-power-hungry

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/what-happens-if-ai-hits-a...

Some of the comments there call out the lack of chip fabs and express a similar suspicion that this might be a ploy to increase fossil fuel demand.