The Energy Crisis Hiding in Your Robot's Data Center

Cloud AI inference power costs, not hardware or chip supply, may become robotics' binding growth constraint by late 2026, the hosts argue.

• ROI claim: Lucas asserts cloud electricity costs for a warehouse bot can exceed hardware depreciation within 18 months, versus vendors' typical 5-year payback assumptions.
• Grid bottleneck example: Hosts cite an (unverified, anecdotal) Ohio logistics firm that halted expansion after its substation couldn't support new sorting-robot power load.

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