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The Geopolitical Chokepoints of Artificial Intelligence

A guest post by Julian Alexander Brown. Helium, DRAM, HBM and the finite AI race.

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Mar 25, 2026
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The year 2026 is in many ways the year of AI datacenter and semiconductor bottlenecks. As Nathan Warren over at Exponential View has noted:

⭐ The Helium Shortage

“The Iran War has creat…

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Julian Alexander Brown
Writing on the nexus and frontiers of governance, geopolitics, economics, energy, and technology. MSc Global Governance & Diplomacy at Oxford (2025–26); experience at the White House and U.S. State Department. Views my own.
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