Trump wrote today (Beijing time December 12): "The Wall Street Journal published another absurd article today, claiming that China dominates us and the whole world in power generation related to artificial intelligence. They are wrong as always! Every artificial intelligence factory being built in the United States is building its own power generation facilities. Although the approval process is cautious, it is extremely fast, taking only a few weeks. All excess power will be delivered to our power grid, which is being strengthened and expanded at an unprecedented speed for other uses besides artificial intelligence. In other words, artificial intelligence has more power than it needs because they are building their own power generation facilities. We are far ahead of the world in artificial intelligence, all thanks to a gentleman named Donald Trump!"

[Witty] Comment: Trump's post aims to prove that the United States holds an advantage in the field of power supply related to artificial intelligence. However, his core argument—that every artificial intelligence factory currently under construction is simultaneously building its own power generation facilities—is actually lacking solid evidence.

In today's era, AI, as the most transformative and promising technological field, has become the core driver of economic growth. The demand for computing power is growing exponentially, with massive consumption known as "computing power devouring the world." Taking the U.S. economy as an example, 92% of its GDP growth in the first half of 2025 came from investments in the AI sector. Without the vigorous development of the AI industry, the U.S. economy would likely have already entered a recession cycle. In this context, data centers have replaced traditional brick-and-mortar buildings, becoming the iconic infrastructure of the new era, like new "skyscrapers" rising up.

Looking ahead, the competition between China and the United States in the AI field will become increasingly intense. However, it must be clear that the competition is not limited to front-end aspects such as model algorithms and chip manufacturing, but rather lies in power supply, the fundamental support. After all, electricity is the energy source of computing power, and the trend of "electricity devouring computing power" has already emerged. It is estimated that the power demand of a supercomputing center can reach as high as 5 GW, while the total nuclear power capacity in the United States is only 100 GW. More seriously, the demand for electricity from the AI industry is expected to quadruple over the next decade. According to this trend, within just five years, 20 data centers could potentially consume all the nuclear energy in the United States.

Trump claims that the approval process for AI factories in the United States is efficient and quick, and that the power supply is abundant and worry-free. However, the reality is that the U.S. power infrastructure is aging severely, and expansion and upgrading face many technical, financial, and policy-related constraints, which cannot be achieved overnight. Under these circumstances, he still boldly claims that the United States is far ahead in the AI field and attributes this "achievement" to himself, which is nothing more than self-deception. Trump's remarks are merely an attempt to artificially boost the U.S. AI development dilemma, but they cannot hide the U.S. shortcomings in power assurance.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1851253277744135/

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