It’s very possible that we need the data center build outs, but they might not be very profitable
Most long-term infrastructure is not very profitable even though it’s needed
To justify today’s data center buildout, AI would need to bring in about $3.5 trillion a year by 2032, per a new Brookings paper.
That’s 8.8% of U.S. GDP, nearly as much as Americans spend on food (9.1%), and far more than on energy (5.1%).