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#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIDataCenter #Power #Electricity #Transmission #NuclearPower #ProfessorParkJungHo [Content summarized via AI] 📝 Full text summary: ⚡ In the AI ​​Era, the Real Bottleneck is Power As power demand increases explosively due to the expansion of AI and data centers, power infrastructure is emerging as the most critical factor. In particular, data centers require significantly more power than in the past, and the structure has now become one where a single facility consumes power equivalent to that of a city or a power plant. The problem is that the speed of power supply cannot keep up with demand. Since building transmission networks takes years, while data centers are constructed rapidly within one to two years, power shortages are acting as the biggest bottleneck. As a result, the "on-site generation" method, which involves installing small power plants directly near data centers, has emerged; however, this is not a fundamental solution due to high costs and short lifespans. Ultimately, in the long term, the expansion of ultra-high voltage transmission networks and existing power infrastructure is essential. In particular, core equipment such as ultra-high voltage transformers is difficult to produce and in short supply, making it both the biggest bottleneck and opportunity in the market. With the addition of factors such as regulations, licensing, and resident opposition, the pace of power infrastructure construction is slowing further. Ultimately, electricity has become an essential infrastructure for the AI ​​era, and a structure is being formed in which the entire value chain—including power grids, transformers, and on-site facilities—grows simultaneously. ⏱ Timecode 00:00 ~ 04:00 │ Explosion in Power Demand and the Impact of Data Centers 04:00 ~ 08:40 │ Power Infrastructure Structure + Emergence of On-Site Generation 08:40 ~ 13:00 │ Key Bottleneck: Shortage of Ultra-High Voltage Transformers 13:00 ~ 16:10 │ Transmission Grid Delays → Supplemented by On-Site Generation 16:10 ~ 19:10 │ Issues of Regulation, Environment, and Resident Opposition 19:10 ~ 22:30 │ Future Structure: Parallel Implementation of Ultra-High Voltage + On-Site Generation 22:30 ~ 28:20 │ Investment Points and Technological Changes (DC/AC, Korean Competitiveness) 🎯 Key Point in One Line 👉 In the Data Center Era, the Most Lacking Resource is ‘Power Infrastructure’ ⚡ ※ Host: Park Jung-ho, Professor at Myongji University ◈ Broadcast Schedule YouTube: Daily 10:30 AM ~ 11:00 AM 20 minutes Radio: MBC Standard FM every evening 10:05 PM – 11:00 PM