AI Chip Shortages Are Now Taxing Everyone: 12–13% Fewer Smartphones + Up to $400 More for MacBooks

AI’s data-center binge is choking the chip supply chain: analysts forecast 12–13% fewer smartphone shipments this year, while Apple reportedly hiked MacBook Pro prices by as much as $400. Meanwhile Big Tech’s $650B data-center buildout is spawning 3,000 new U.S. sites—and “man camps” near construction zones—turning AI hype into a literal housing-and-prices problem.