Bain: by 2030, AI companies will need $2T in combined annual revenue to fund compute power to meet projected demand, but are likely to fall short by $800B
Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI have been quick to unveil plans for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers …
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Discussion
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@dschatsky
David Schatsky
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Protected demand for cheap or free AI will exceed companies' ability to provide it. — www.bloomberg.com/news/article... [image]
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@jessefelder
Jesse Felder
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“It may not be an exaggeration to write that NVIDIA is currently carrying the weight of U.S. economic growth. The bad news is that in order for the tech cycle to continue contributing to GDP growth, capital investment needs to remain parabolic. This is highly unlikely.” fortune…
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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Like the dotcom bubble, the AI boom is built on huge bets ahead of proven demand. Bain says $2T in revenue is needed to justify current AI spend but we may fall $800B short. — The real question is what's AI's version of “everyone has broadband + a smartphone” that unlocked the…
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An $800 Billion Revenue Shortfall Threatens AI Future, Bain Says