Data center construction is hitting a serious bottleneck right now. Over half of planned projects—52% to be exact—are stuck in delays. The culprit? Not enough skilled workers to actually build these facilities.

What's wild is there's currently an 11-month backlog just for data center construction. That's nearly a full year of pent-up demand waiting to materialize.

This matters for crypto and AI infrastructure since both industries are starving for compute capacity. When physical construction can't keep pace with digital demand, it creates real constraints on network expansion and mining operations. The labor shortage in construction is becoming a hidden chokepoint for tech scaling.

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GasFeeCrier

· 17h ago

Ha, it's the labor shortage thing again. Where did all the construction workers go? --- 11-month delay? If this were mining, how much more would they have to pay in electricity costs... --- That's why the real bottleneck has never been in the code, but in shovels and cement. --- 52% delayed. I think sooner or later, even the foreman business will have to become Web3-ified. --- Now it's great: compute power shortage plus land scarcity, time for another story about coin prices. --- Wait, does this mean the GPUs aren't even installed yet, but the mining rigs are already waiting in the warehouse? --- The inefficiency in the construction industry is really terrible. AI can manage it already, so why is it still like this? --- No wonder compute power costs are so high. Turns out the infrastructure can't keep up. Makes sense. --- What is everyone doing now that's more profitable than mining?

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ShibaSunglasses

· 12-03 16:15

The shortage of construction workers has become a bottleneck; now both AI and mining will have to wait.

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BagHolderTillRetire

· 12-03 16:01

11 months of backlog? Well, now the miners will have to wait even longer.

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SchrodingerWallet

· 12-03 15:58

Haha, that's reality. No matter how advanced the technology is, it still relies on manual labor. --- Energy and labor are the real hard constraints, unlike code which can be copied infinitely. --- An 11-month backlog... just imagine how desperate the miners are. --- So if the crypto space really wants to take off, it all depends on whether the infrastructure can keep up. Otherwise, no matter how amazing the technology is, it’s all for nothing. --- The shortage of construction workers is a pitfall that's even more hidden than the chip shortage. --- Ngl, this is truly an overlooked perspective. Everyone’s focused on policy and technology, but no one is paying attention to the workers.

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MoneyBurnerSociety

· 12-03 15:54

Ha, real-world infrastructure can't keep up with digital dreams—this is exactly the new material for our reverse research.

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