The World's AI Compute Hubs 🤖

Key Takeaways

• Only 33 nations worldwide host data centers capable of training or inferencing AI, with just 24 having "training-relevant" AI compute needed for advanced models.
• In a cloud region with AI accelerators, interconnected data centers house specialized AI chips such as NVIDIA GPUs.
• The U.S. and China/ Hong Kong lead globally in AI compute by a significant margin, according to analysis from the University of Oxford.

Inside the AI Data Center Landscape

Today, the U.S. and China are the only countries globally with AI accelerators—specialized chips like NVIDIA GPUs—from domestic suppliers.

In fact, over 95% of the world's AI accelerators are powered by U.S. chipmakers.

As a result "compute sovereignty" is highly uneven globally, with the vast majority of nations having no AI infrastructure at all.