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AI buildout called biggest infrastructure bet in US history

Original: Brookings researcher says AI buildout will be the biggest infrastructure bet in US history

A Brookings researcher says the current artificial intelligence buildout will become the largest infrastructure investment in US history, exceeding past national buildouts in scale. The claim highlights the enormous spending on data centers, power capacity and computing hardware driving the AI boom, and raises questions about whether the bet will pay off for the economy.

Why now: Surging AI investment in data centers and energy is fueling debate over the scale and risk of the spending.

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