AI Infrastructure Investment Drives US GDP, Exceeding Railroad Bubble

Analysts note that US GDP growth is now almost entirely driven by AI infrastructure investment, which Columbia University scholar Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh says accounts for 2.8% of GDP and surpasses the 19th-century railroad bubble, despite limited everyday user applications.

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