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AI must generate $6 trillion a year to fund data centre boom

Original: AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom

A new analysis estimates the artificial intelligence industry would need roughly $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to justify the enormous investment flowing into data centres worldwide. The figure highlights the gap between current AI earnings and the capital being committed to computing infrastructure, fuelling debate about whether the spending spree resembles a bubble or a bet on transformative future demand.

Why now: Investors and technologists are questioning whether massive data centre spending can ever pay off.

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