Bain: AI services to yield $1.8T of $6T needed by 2031 — Redditors see a high-speed rail-style overbuild
GinJockette · reddit · 2026-10-13
A Reddit post likens the AI infrastructure buildout to China's high-speed rail: massive network, massive debt, operating at a loss with low utilization. Citing Bain & Company, it notes consumer and enterprise AI services generate $1.8T of the $6T in value needed by 2031, with deployment running ahead of the demand curve on speculative future use cases.
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