LG Deal Advances Arkansas Lithium Project
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LG Energy Solutions backing an Arkansas lithium project, with explicit mention of AI data center demand, ties AI growth directly to upstream battery minerals. If you're planning AI infrastructure, you now have to track lithium and grid constraints alongside GPUs—these are becoming coupled bottlenecks.
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