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Fiber lasts decades, GPUs last three years: AI boom isn't dot-com boom

Original: Fiber lasts decades, GPUs last three years: the AI boom isn't the dot-com boom [video]

A new argument circulating in tech and finance circles holds that the current AI investment boom differs fundamentally from the dot-com bubble. The core claim: telecom companies in the 1990s laid physical fiber that stayed useful for decades even after firms collapsed, while today's GPUs depreciate in roughly three years, meaning overbuilt AI infrastructure may lose its value far faster if demand falls short.

Why now: Investors are weighing whether massive AI data center spending could become a stranded-asset problem unlike past tech bubbles.

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