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Historical comparison: railroads about 2.2% of GDP (1870-1890 peak), highways about 1.1% (1950s), telecom/fiber about 1.1%, canals about 0.66%, electrification about 0.5%.
$10.3 trillionprojected US AI data center buildout, 2025-2032
Five streams: consumer apps, model access (API and flat-rate plans), enterprise and government customisation, licensing fees, and indirect revenue from complementary products.
88% to 22%Z.ai's share of GLM 5.3 Flash tokens on OpenRouter within 20 days of releasing the weights
Cost per MW: about $11 million for the building, $2 million for power infrastructure, $28 million for GPU racks and IT; a 200 MW campus costs about $8.2 billion, two-thirds of it IT equipment.
$41 billionestimated cost of a 1 GW AI campus ($41 million per MW)
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76% say AI delivers meaningful business value (64% in Q1); 78% think their AI strategy can be future-proofed (70%); 79% would keep AI a top investment priority in a recession (74%).
14% vs 4%established ROI where accountability for AI outcomes is clear vs not
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Generative AI reached 53% population adoption within three years, faster than the PC or the internet; organizational adoption reached 88%.
88%organizational adoption of AI in 2025
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Computing cost fell about seven trillion-fold between 1940 and 2006 (Nordhaus); AI differs from traditional computing by handling tacit knowledge, in Polanyi's sense of "we know more than we can tell".
0.548 SD to 0.139 SDeducation-based productivity gap without vs with AI access (Cruces et al. 2026, N=1,174)
Central (medium adoption, expanded capabilities) scenario: AI adds 0.1-0.95 percentage points a year to per capita real income growth across OECD countries over 10 years.
0.1-0.95 ppAI contribution to annual per capita real income growth across OECD countries over 10 years, central scenario