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• Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history

  US data center investment, projected at $10 trillion, is now the largest financial bet in US history, surpassing the railroad expansion, and its economic impact is nearly 4% of GDP, almost twice that of railroads, according to a Columbia Business School report. The boom is crowding out other construction: data center construction value has more than doubled to $85 billion a year, while all other construction fell 8%, and new houses and apartments dropped $29 billion as data center value rose $48 billion since 2024. Many states that granted tax exemptions earlier are now rethinking their approach; Nevada trimmed abatements and will make data centers cover energy and water costs. Texas ($638 billion), Virginia ($249 billion), Ohio ($169 billion) and Georgia ($160 billion) are projected to see the most spending over three years. Officials and economists note AI profitability has yet to catch up with the spending, and warn that growth relying on this narrow base is fragile.

  pottsmerc.com·22/10, 14:30▲ NVDA▲ AMZN▲ GOOGL▲ METAdata centersAI investmentartificial intelligence
• Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history

  Data center investment is surpassing every previous US boom, with a Columbia Business School report projecting $10 trillion in spending and an economic impact of nearly 4% of GDP, almost twice that of the railroad expansion. New data center construction value has more than doubled to $85 billion annually, while all other construction value fell 8%, and new houses and apartments dropped $29 billion as data center value grew $48 billion since 2024. Texas, Virginia, Ohio and Georgia are projected to account for the largest costs, and Nevada has trimmed tax abatements and required data centers to cover energy and water demands. Analysts say AI profitability has yet to catch up with the buildout, and economist Josh Bivens warns that growth relies heavily on one fragile sector.

  1073wrsw.com·19/10, 17:45▲ NVDAdata centersAI investmentartificial intelligence
• Shares in this data centre company are down 40 % as investors lose faith in the AI story

  NextDC shares collapsed 40% after the Australian data centre builder said delays at its Melbourne M3 site, driven by local community concerns and Jemena's pause on 22-metre power poles in Footscray, would leave revenue short of forecasts. The article says investors are now questioning the long-term viability of data centres, pointing to Firmus cancelling its listing on the Australian stock exchange, Nscale struggling to attract buyers for a Wall Street listing, and CoreWeave shares falling 15% in one day. Investment in AI infrastructure is expected to reach US$10 trillion (A$14.25 trillion) by 2032, while higher borrowing and construction costs and short-lived AI chips add pressure. Community opposition over noise, visual impact and potential rises in electricity and water prices is also eroding social licence, with New South Wales data centres potentially consuming up to 25% of Sydney's daily water demand within a decade.

  theconversation.com·22/10, 09:30• NVDANVDAdata centersAI investment
• Nvidia turns the AI factory into a product , and agents into the workload

  At GTC Berlin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang focused on deployment speed, power, security and enterprise data, describing AI as a manufacturing industry. Nvidia introduced DSX POD, a containerized reference design for complete Vera Rubin AI factories that it says can be deployed at a prepared site in as little as 14 days, versus six months, though the figure assumes the site is ready. Huang said a 1-gigawatt AI factory costs about $50 billion and earns roughly $40 billion a year, so a one-quarter delay loses about $10 billion in revenue. The DSX platform adds DSX Flex, which automates how data centers defer work for grid operators, and cooling that saves an estimated 54 million liters of water per day at 2 gigawatts. Nvidia also launched an OpenShell Reference Architecture for running agents safely and expanded its Agent Toolkit.

  siliconangle.com·21/10, 21:30▲ NVDANVDAartificial intelligencedata centers
• Nvidia Has a $10 Billion Data Center Quick-Fix. The Stocks Set to Benefit.Yahoo Finance·21/10, 17:37▲ NVDANVDAdata centersAI investment
• Michael Burry Is Shorting Nebius. SpaceX Just Said Its AI Chips Pay for Themselves in Under a Year.

  SpaceX CFO Bret Johnson said on the third-quarter call that new AI compute deployments currently pay back in less than a year, with pricing slightly above the high end of the $30 to $50 per watt range. Elon Musk said a six-month payback next year is not impossible, but he was not saying it will happen, and because SpaceX leases at effectively the spot market rate, the payback depends on spot prices holding. Michael Burry is shorting Nebius, which fell 14.53% over the past week and 20.9% over the past month, while CoreWeave fell 17.83% and 21.41%. The article argues that both neoclouds carry heavy debt before revenue arrives, making them vulnerable if AI cloud prices slip, and both report third-quarter results in the coming weeks. SpaceX's figures are management statements without formal backing, and the company did not disclose its cost per watt, utilization or depreciation assumptions.

  aol.com·21/10, 16:00• NVDACoreWeaveAI investmentdata centers

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