AI needs $6T in annual revenue by 2031 to justify the data center boom
Betelbuddy · hn · 2026-09-30
A report argues the AI industry would need roughly $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to justify the current wave of data center investment. The HN discussion weighs the vast gap between that figure and today's AI revenues, with skeptics calling it a bubble setup and others pointing to unpriced enterprise value.
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