AI’s Hidden Copper Hunger | Australia News

AI’s hunger for power is sparking a copper boom—yes, the same metal that’s powered our world for over a century. While fiber optics carry data with light, AI’s energy-thirsty data centers demand massive copper infrastructure to transmit and distribute electricity. Tech giants are building colossal facilities that gobble up tens of thousands of tons of copper each, fueling a surge in demand that dwarfs older data centers. The irony? As AI pushes toward optical data transfer, it’s locking copper into an even more critical role—powering the systems that make it all possible. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/aa67c37265eb2162