A new Brookings paper estimates the AI infrastructure buildout will cost $10.3 trillion through 2032, averaging 3.6% of US GDP annually.
That’s a bigger share of the economy than the railroad, electrification, highway or internet buildouts.
The ROI is going to have to be incredible. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/financing-the-ai-buildout/
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