PwC projects global data center spending of $31.6 trillion by 2050 to meet rising AI demand, and says a faster adoption path could lift 25‑year investment to about $50 trillion versus its core scenario. PwC noted that scale would exceed historical infrastructure waves and rival current US GDP (~$30 trillion). Cloud giants including Microsoft and Amazon, alongside smaller operators, are rapidly building compute capacity. Local opposition poses a risk to expansion: Data Center Watch reports at lea

PwC projects global data center spending of $31.6 trillion by 2050 to meet rising AI demand, and says a faster adoption path could lift 25‑year investment to about $50 trillion versus its core scenario. PwC noted that scale would exceed historical infrastructure waves and rival current US GDP (~$30 trillion). Cloud giants including Microsoft and Amazon, alongside smaller operators, are rapidly building compute capacity. Local opposition poses a risk to expansion: Data Center Watch reports at least 75 projects were halted or delayed in Q1, representing roughly $130 billion of planned investment.