Asia is struggling to keep up with rapid pace of he, Sayys Groq EXEC

As the World Scrambles to Scale Artificial Intelligence, Asia is Running into a Very Physical Problem: Not Enough Data Centers and Infrastructure, Said Ian Andrews, The Chief Revenue Office at Semiconductor Startup Groq.

There’s A “Huge Challenge Getting Enough Compute” for what the Company have to do in Asia, andrews Said on wednesday During a panel at Singapore Tech Conference.

“It ‘a big problem that we have to go tackle,” he added.

While Most he companies have focused on training Large Language Models, Groq is Betting on Speed, Building Its Own Chips to Run Faster. The gambit is that as he models get better, inference – where the makes decisions or answers questions – Will Demand More Computing Power than Training Will.

The region is already seeing bottlenecks when it comes to infrastructure like data centers and power, andrews said, adding that it is like he was a worssen as he widly adopted in the region.

“KEEP IN MIND, WE’RE STILL IN THE INFancy of he,” he said.

Andrews also said that over the next five years, all applications might be drove by him.

“There is no model in which we have Enough Data Capacity, Enough Power, and Enough Infrastructure to run All of that in this Region,” He Added.

Model progression is a more solvable problem than the infrastructure ones, andrews said.

Andrews’ comments come as he Heavyweights like Openai deepen their Footprint in Asia and Governments Across the Region Ramp Up Spending on Infrastructure to Support the Technology.

Openai on Monday Said It Will Soon Set Up An Office in South Korea, its Third in Asia.

The Company’s Chief Strategy Officer, Jason Kwon, Said Growth in Chatgt’s User Base in South Korea has been “off the Charts.” South Korea has the highest number of paid chatgpt subscribers outside the us, he said.

In november, taiwan’s science and technology minister said that the Government Wauld SPEND $ 3 Billion Over Three to Ramp Up He Data Centers and Their Computing Ability.

Meanwhile, Big Tech Companies Are Pouring Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Into Global Infrastructure to Ramp Up He Development.

Early chatgt was a ‘Toy’

To grasp How quickly he is evolving, andrews pointed to chatgt.

“It was Only About 30 Months Ago That Chatgpt Launched,” Andrews Said. “If you go back and look at what you can with chatgt Compared to where we are today, it was a toy,” He added.

There’s an “Acceleration” in ai’s Capability, Said Andrews.

“In the First Quarter of 2025 Alone, there are more state-of-the-art, frontal models launched than all of 2024,” He Said.

“I’m an Accelerationist on this point. Things are going to move Quicker than we were expert in terms of the capabilities,” he added.