Google 's AI infrastructure boss told employees that the company has to double its compute capacity every six months in order to meet demand for artificial intelligence services. At an all-hands meeting on Nov. 6, Amin Vahdat, a vice president at Google Cloud, gave a presentation, viewed by CNBC, titled "AI Infrastructure," which included a slide on "AI compute demand." The slide said, "Now we must double every 6 months.... the next 1000x in 4-5 years." "The competition in AI infrastructure is