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AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom

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  1. jollyllama · · focus · HN ↗
    What's total US annual payrolls? I don't think it's beyond the order of $20 trillion. So they're going to have to replace something on the order of magnitude of half of all jobs OR "create" the difference, in terms of jobs going to AI.
    1. hirako2000 · · focus · HN ↗
      It's less* than that, and if AI replaces workers at that scale it will create such a problem* the system would fall before these companies manage to demonstrate they escaped bankruptcy.

      *<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.lse.ac.uk&#x2F;businessreview&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;22&#x2F;how-americas-tax-code-subsidises-artificial-intelligence&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.lse.ac.uk&#x2F;businessreview&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;22&#x2F;how-americ...

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