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Iran War Chokes Off Helium Supply Critical for AI
(www.wsj.com)
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this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2026
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New ones, and not all if them, work this way, as in there's tiny helium condensing unit. Older ones just let it go and require topping up every couple months (guessing by how often helium in NMR is topped up). Also every emergency shutdown invariably blows off all of helium inside