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Data-Center Efficiency: Key to AI Leadership by 2025

12/24/2025

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Chris Kelly, the former general counsel at Facebook, says data-center efficiency will determine AI leadership.
He emphasized the industry needs streamlined, power-efficient infrastructures as growth accelerates.
In 2025, the data-center market surpassed $61 billion in deals driven by hyperscalers.
The Nvidia–OpenAI collaboration would require 10 gigawatts, equal to 8 million U.S. households.
Kelly expects stronger competition from Chinese firms, especially in open-source AI models, after U.S. chip approvals to China.

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Chris Kelly, the former general counsel at Facebook, says data-center efficiency will determine AI leadership.
He emphasized the industry needs streamlined, power-efficient infrastructures as growth accelerates.
In 2025, the data-center market surpassed $61 billion in deals driven by hyperscalers.
The Nvidia–OpenAI collaboration would require 10 gigawatts, equal to 8 million U.S. households.
Kelly expects stronger competition from Chinese firms, especially in open-source AI models, after U.S. chip approvals to China.