# Middle East Conflict Threatens Chip Supply Chains as Helium Production Goes Offline

- slug: middle-east-conflict-threatens-chip-supply-chains-as-helium-production-goes-offline
- date: 2026-03-16
- category: Space & Aerospace

The Middle East conflict is creating new vulnerabilities in the semiconductor supply chain, with Qatar's helium production offline and bromine shipments from Israel at risk, threatening chip manufacturing at a time of unprecedented AI-driven demand.

Qatar's helium plant at Ras Laffan, responsibl...

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