Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock

Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by pseudohadamard on Friday March 13, 2026 @11:26PM (#47373029)

That explains rural areas but not urban areas. We've got above-ground in rural areas but pretty much all urban stuff is underground. We get maybe one power cut a year, usually for scheduled maintenance work, and no problems with surges and whatnot.

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by idiotsecant on Sunday March 15, 2026 @06:54PM (#47392877)

Yes, where the population density supports it the US has tons of underground.

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