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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

As Google eyes exponential surge in serving capacity, analyst says we’re entering ‘stage two of AI’ where bottlenecks are physical constraints

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Google’s AI infrastructure boss warned the company needs to scale up its tech to accommodate a massive influx of users and complex requests being handled by AI products—and it may be a sign that fears of a bubble are overblown.

Amin Vahdat, a VP who leads the global AI and infrastructure team at Google, said during a presentation at a Nov. 6 all-hands meeting that the company needs to double its serving capacity every six months, with “the next 1000x in four to five years,” CNBC reported.

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