PricewaterhouseCoopers anticipates that in order to meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence around the world, the cumulative global data center expenditure will reach US$31.6 trillion by 2050, and the scale of investment will surpass the historic wave of infrastructure construction such as railways, the Internet, and electrification. PricewaterhouseCoopers released a report on Wednesday saying that if AI adoption exceeds expectations for its “benchmark scenario,” data center spending over the next 25 years could even reach 50 trillion US dollars. By comparison, the US gross domestic product is currently around $30 trillion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers anticipates that in order to meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence around the world, the cumulative global data center expenditure will reach US$31.6 trillion by 2050, and the scale of investment will surpass the historic wave of infrastructure construction such as railways, the Internet, and electrification. PricewaterhouseCoopers released a report on Wednesday saying that if AI adoption exceeds expectations for its “benchmark scenario,” data center spending over the next 25 years could even reach 50 trillion US dollars. By comparison, the US gross domestic product is currently around $30 trillion.