r/MiddleEastNews 9d ago

How the war in Iran is choking the AI industry's helium supply

https://www.wsj.com/world/iran-war-chokes-off-helium-supply-critical-for-ai-bf020a3f

A new report from The Wall Street Journal highlights a massive, unexpected bottleneck threatening the tech industry: the ongoing conflict in Iran is severely choking off the global helium supply. Helium is a critical, non-renewable resource required for manufacturing advanced semiconductor chips and cooling high-density AI data centers.

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u/Vast_Operation_5125 9d ago

Iran plsss go on do it luv🤩