Traditional computing powers like Germany, Japan and France now play marginal roles in AI infrastructure. Epoch AI's tracking of global GPU cluster performance in May 2025 put China second at 15%, behind a United States hosting about three-quarters of the world's GPU cluster performance
Epoch AI tracked global GPU cluster performance as of May 2025 and found the United States hosted about three-quarters of the world's total, with China second at 15%. Epoch says this largely reflects the dominance of major technology companies, which are mostly based in the US. Traditional high-performance computing leaders such as Germany, Japan and France now play marginal roles.
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AI computing is concentrated in America and China, leaving other rich countries with little of it.
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