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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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It's not like its really used on AI inference, but it's used in high grade semiconductor manufacturing. so helium shortage will hit anything with a modern semiconductors in it. So it's not "whatever".
It's not "whatever", it's "anyway" /jk