I was curious to know how much is being spent monthly around the world for the a i
buildout so I asked a i:
give me an accurate estimate of global expenditure of a I infrastructure build out monthly.
The response:
The estimated global expenditure for building out AI infrastructure is currently tracking between $61 billion and $83 billion per month. [1] (
https://www.goldmansachs.com/insigh...is-forecast-to-exceed-1-trillion-in-2026)This monthly figure translates to an extraordinary annualized run rate of $730 billion to over $1 trillion. Leading macroeconomic models from PwC's Global Data Centre Outlook and Goldman Sachs Research show that the sheer speed of this buildout eclipses the historical deployment rates of both the early internet and national railway systems.
“Northeast of me in Lake county IL they’re constructing a massive multi building data center”
From the web:
The plans call for up to 472 acres of development. If fully built out over the next few years, it will feature 18 to 20 buildings spanning more than 10 million square feet of data center space. [1] (
https://www.govtech.com/artificial-...-could-be-largest-lake-county-ill-development)
There are between 300 and 800+ data center facilities actively under physical construction across the U S.
Somebody’s gotta pay for all this and I’d bet the tech giants won’t shoulder all of the expense.