AI needs $6tn a year by 2031 to pay for its data centres, Bain says
Existing AI products may bring in $1.8tn a year at most by 2031, Bain says. The rest of the data centres' bill could come from ads, autonomy, robots and new products.
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The AI industry will need about $6tn in annual revenue by 2031 to pay for the data centres being built today. Bain & Company makes the estimate in its Global Technology Report, published on Tuesday. Existing AI products could bring in only $1.2tn to $1.8tn of that.
“The debate today is fixated on employee productivity. The economics of AI infrastructure demand trillions in new revenue beyond productivity gains,” David Crawford, chairman of Bain’s global technology practice, said in a statement.
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