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A shortage of skilled trade workers, such as electricians and welders, is emerging as a new bottleneck for AI data center construction, slowing physical infrastructure deployment even as AI compute demand accelerates. This irony highlights a critical physical infrastructure dependency that robotics and automation will eventually be called on to solve. The shortage has significant implications for the AI industry's growth and its ability to meet increasing demand.

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