Data centers will need $6.7 trillion of investment worldwide by 2030, $5.2 trillion of it for AI.
McKinsey & Company · made cited July 2026 · target Dec 2030 · Open
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As reported:McKinsey estimates that data centers will require $6.7 trillion worldwide by 2030, with $5.2 trillion tied to AI workloads alone.
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- AI's $11 trillion compute boom may leave Wall Street holding a $7 trillion debt market (The Decoder / Mixed) Secondary: a report of what they said
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