Asia Needs Deeper Energy Markets to Achieve Its AI Ambitions Asia's headlong rush into artificial intelligence is facing a major roadblock: its energy infrastructure.
The region's governments are promising to spend billions on AI research and development, but without a corresponding upgrade of their power grids, these plans are likely to falter.
Japan has committed ¥370 trillion ($2. 3 trillion) over 15 years, with more than a quarter dedicated to AI and chip development alone.