Conclusion

We are in a historically anomalous moment . Regardless of what one thinks about the merits of AI or explosive datacenter expansion , the scale and pace of capital deployment into a rapidly depreciating technology is remarkable. These are not railroads—we aren’t building century-long infrastructure . AI datacenters are short-lived,

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AI infrastructure sits uncomfortably close to that boundary. Chips, data centers, and models are expensive, capital-intensive assets with useful lives that are hard to forecast. Their economics depend on demand that may accelerate, stall, or shift as the technology evolves.

💸 Little concerning article here at futurism. AI data centers are absorbing huge capital, and a new analysis says the math fails, with $40B yearly depreciation on 2025 builds versus $15-20B revenue. The core pieces age on different clocks, chips churn in 2-4 years, networking around 10... See more