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The accelerating growth of the “Ai”, among other data growth and management programs, demands data centers, many and large. The infrastructure systems required by these new centers, being constructed rapidly across the globe, include cooling, connectivity and other needs peculiar to data hardware, implying massive needs for copper and silver. Each new data center can take 1-3,000 tons of copper for construction. Chile (23%) is the largest producer of raw copper, followed by Peru (10%), the Democratic Republic of Congo (8%) and China (8%). Silver is led by Mexico (200 million ounces per year), followed by China and Peru. The U.S. produces 6% of the world’s copper and 4% of the silver.

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