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U.S. economy hits pivotal milestone: Spending on data centers and other information-processing hardware now exceeds housing investment
"We’re seeing a pivotal shift in the US economy: investment is shifting away from residential investment and towards computers. "
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The AI boom is reshaping U.S. economic growth much like the housing surge did two decades ago. Major hyperscale cloud providers have been rapidly pouring capital into AI infrastructure, building extensive data‑center capacity. Their combined spending is projected to approach $1 trillion annually in the near term, marking a shift in investment focus from residential construction to information‑processing hardware.
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