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by webnrrd2k 14 days ago
Manhattan Project: $36B, 5 years

▫ Apollo Program: $257B, 14 years

▫ Interstate Highway System: $620B, 37 years

▫ AI data centers: $930B, 6 years and still accelerating

From: https://substack.com/@rubendominguez/note/c-244929068

2 comments

Amazing if inflation adjusted as the chart claims and if the other article is true... it suggests that GDP growth has eclipsed inflation. EDIT that GDP Road is reported was inflation baked in other words 0% GDP growth would include inflation so as long as the GDP is growing this phenomenon exists
That AI number is a gross underestimate. It’s nearly that for this year alone. Wildly off.