Inside the Balancing Act Over Google’s Compute Crunch

Inside the Balancing Act Over Google’s Compute Crunch

By Erin Woo
Publication Date: 2025-12-19 14:00:00

Earlier this year, Google convened a group of its top executives to address what some staffers see as an existential problem: the company doesn’t have enough computer chips for everyone who wants them. A shortage of computing capacity was creating internal tensions, as leaders of Google’s varied …