Dylan Patel on

bottleneck

2 quotes · March 2026

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  1. Patel shows that $50 billion in data center capacity depends on just $1.2 billion worth of EUV tools.

    “I need about three and a half EUV tools to do the 2,000,000 EUV wafer passes for the gigawatt. So three and a half EUV tools satisfies the gigawatt.”

    40:25 · Dwarkesh Patel · 13 Mar 2026 · permalink
  2. Patel calculates one gigawatt of AI capacity requires only 3.5 EUV tools costing $1.2B.

    “Because we're talking oh, what's a gigawatt cost? It costs like $50,000,000,000 roughly. Right? Whereas, what does three and a half EUV tools cost? That's like 1.2.”

    40:37 · Dwarkesh Patel · 13 Mar 2026 · permalink

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