WSJ: Data-center spending exceeds canals, railroads and grid combined — and is boosting inflation
Kr00ney · x · 2026-09-24
Per the Wall Street Journal, data-center spending is now greater than that for the canals, railroads and electrical grid combined — creating jobs and wealth while also boosting inflation. The comparison is the starkest framing yet of the scale of the AI compute boom, feeding the debate over whether it echoes historical infrastructure manias.
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