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BIG NUMBER <\/h2>\n

0.7%. That’s how much of their GDPs the next highest-spending countries\u2014Norway and Saudi Arabia\u2014will spend on AI this year, according to TS Lombard. China’s data center spending as a share of GDP sits at approximately 0.4%, below Malaysia and Sweden, while the Eurozone allocates roughly 0.2% and Canada trails the entire field at approximately 0.15%.<\/p>\n

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Key background<\/h2>\n

The surge in AI spending is being driven primarily by massive capital expenditures from tech companies racing to build data centers, acquire advanced semiconductor chips and expand computing capacity. Training and running AI models requires vast amounts of scarce physical infrastructure and a huge amount of energy\u2014making it much more expensive than technologies that can run on traditional coding. Tech giants Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Oracle are responsible for the majority<\/u> of AI infrastructure investment in the United States and while supporters see the buildout as the foundation of a new technological era, skeptics<\/u> question whether the enormous investment can create enough new revenue or productivity gains to justify the cost. They argue that many AI use cases remain experimental<\/u>, competition may drive prices down and the industry could be building more computing capacity<\/u> than customers ultimately need. <\/p>\n

What to watch for<\/h2>\n

Some of the world\u2019s biggest AI companies\u2014including Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI\u2014will go public at valuations close to $1 trillion each in the coming months. <\/p>\n

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CRUCIAL QUOTE<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe next few months of initial public offerings have every possibility of proving a peak rather than the start of another boom.\u201d Bloomberg opinion columnist Parmy Olson<\/u> wrote Thursday. <\/p>\n

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Further reading<\/h2>\n

Forbes<\/span>Americans Opposing AI Will Become America\u2019s \u2018Biggest Political Crisis,\u2019 Top Investor Says<\/span>By Alicia Park<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span>Forbes<\/span>Claude Becomes The Enterprise Favorite As Anthropic Passes OpenAI<\/span>By Sandy Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span>Forbes<\/span>Tech Industry Loses 123,000 Jobs This Year\u2014AI Is The Most Cited Reason For Layoffs<\/span>By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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