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Brookings: US AI infrastructure investment will reach $10.3 trillion by 2032
According to a paper by Columbia’s Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, presented at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, $10.3 trillion will go into data center buildings, power systems, networking and chips between 2025 and 2032. That averages 3.63% of US GDP a year, larger than the canal, railroad, electrification, highway and telecom booms. The real warning is about financing: risk is moving off corporate balance sheets into joint ventures, private credit, securitization and lease commitments. Van Nieuwerburgh says these structures may hide correlated exposures before a downturn, and that measurement and transparency should come first.
Sources
- Brookings Institution, “Financing the AI buildout”, (brookings.edu)
- Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, “Financing the AI Buildout”, (brookings.edu)
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This story in Turkish: Brookings: ABD’nin yapay zeka altyapı yatırımı 2032’ye kadar 10,3 trilyon dolara ulaşacak
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