Silicon Valley goes physical: how San Jose is building an energy-rich, tariff-mitigated capital for physical AI

DIGITIMESSeptember 7, 2026en

As the artificial intelligence revolution outgrows the digital cloud and demands physical form, a major structural transition is quietly reshaping Silicon Valley. While the region has long been celebrated as the world's epicenter for software and venture capital, the massive compute, cooling, and mechanical requirements of robotics and physical AI are pulling tech's center of gravity back to heavy industrial hardware.

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