Why Is Perplexity Not Building Data Centers?

Molly O'Shea asked whether Perplexity will open its own data centers anytime soon. Aravind Srinivas says Perplexity has no plans to build them. While other companies head in that direction, he wants to use the gigawatts of power already in homes, offices, and devices.

He says devices already hold a lot of RAM, and homes and offices already hold a lot of power. Perplexity wants to tap into that and be the best orchestrator. Aravind Srinivas says Perplexity is not betting against the cloud or against data centers. He thinks the products will increase demand for data centers. Enough people are already building them, and he says the shortage is on permits, HPM supply, grid access, and a long wait in the interconnection queue.