Experts are advocating for decentralized AI (DAI) as a solution to the AI industry's infrastructure challenges, including GPU shortages and energy constraints. The push for DAI comes amid concerns about the sustainability of the AI hype cycle and its effects on global markets, such as a decline in Bitcoin prices. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlighted the issue, noting idle NVIDIA GPUs due to insufficient energy, emphasizing the importance of energy and data center availability for AI growth. DAI is seen as a way to utilize unused GPU capacity and lower energy consumption by decentralizing computing resources. Experts also point to tokenized incentives and local renewable microgrids as key components in promoting sustainable DAI adoption, potentially easing the strain on current infrastructure.