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AI Push Collides With Power Limits as Leaders Rethink Hiring and IPO Plans

Power limits leave expensive AI hardware idle, sharpening concerns about returns.

Overview

  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the bottleneck is electricity and data‑center capacity, leaving many AI chips sitting in warehouses without powered racks or cooling.
  • Nadella signaled headcount growth only after employees adopt AI-centric workflows, pointing to Microsoft 365’s AI features and GitHub Copilot as required tools.
  • OpenAI’s Sam Altman said company revenue is well above the reported $13 billion figure and he denied any specific timetable or board decision for an IPO.
  • U.S. coding tools such as Cursor and Windsurf have incorporated Chinese large models, including Zhipu AI’s GLM series, citing cost and performance advantages that providers have publicly acknowledged.
  • Hedge fund CIO Tony Yoseloff described an AI investment ‘prisoner’s dilemma’ with uncertain payback timelines, while Geoffrey Hinton warned big firms expect profits from replacing human labor.