The a16z Show · Friday, August 28, 2026
The rapid growth and demand for AI capabilities are straining the global supply chain for essential hardware components. Experts note that key components are booked out through 2027, with some instances of GPUs being resold for four times their original price.
“I mean, if you look at the supply across the board, it's basically all booked out to 2027. I mean, it's so bad. We've actually seen multi-day auctions for a few thousand GPUs.”
“And then we're also out of power and cooling. And then on top of that, it's really hard to build because there are these incredible political headwinds going into it.”