--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "88a201efb33e2932cad4c60217cf0731ecad46ed85cb9a6e3c51fdc1ad113f00" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/88a201ef?lang=en" title: "Industry experts warn that slow US power grid expansion could stifle its AI boom and give China an edge, as China builds power infrastructure faster (Martha Muir/Financial Times)" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-11-04T07:30:05.000Z" category: "Infra" topics: ["china"] source_urls: ["https://www.techmeme.com/261104/p8"] summary: "Industry experts warn that slow US power grid expansion could stifle the country's AI boom and give China an edge, as China builds power infrastructure faster. The US is building electricity lines at a quarter the rate of a decade ago, with one project taking 13 years to complete." --- # Industry experts warn that slow US power grid expansion could stifle its AI boom and give China an edge, as China builds power infrastructure faster \(Martha Muir/Financial Times\) > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-11-04T07:30:05.000Z **Category:** Infra **Topics:** china ## Summary Industry experts warn that slow US power grid expansion could stifle the country's AI boom and give China an edge, as China builds power infrastructure faster\. The US is building electricity lines at a quarter the rate of a decade ago, with one project taking 13 years to complete\. ## Sources - [Story source]()