Tech Forum 2026: Quanta warns power shortages may stall next server growth wave

Quanta Computer vice chairman and president C. C. Leung said on December 3 that electricity supply has become the most serious constraint for AI server manufacturing, overtaking concerns about memory shortages. Speaking at the DIGITIMES Tech Forum 2026 in Taipei, he said reliable power will remain a major hurdle for the industry through 2026 and likely beyond, even as demand for AI servers stays strong.

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How Gelsinger’s ‘Made in America’ vision challenges TSMC’s Arizona ambitions

Pat Gelsinger describes himself as a born-again Christian who lives “at the intersection of faith and technology.” For the former Intel CEO, reviving American semiconductor manufacturing isn’t just a business strategy—it’s a mission he believes he was called to fulfill. This conviction has driven him to donate nearly half of his income to charity and maintain strict self-discipline, waking at 4 a.m. each morning. But the same unwavering sense of purpose that guides his personal life now shapes his vision for the industry, one that fundamentally challenges how foreign companies like TSMC are investing in the US.

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