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

222 points · 335 comments · Betelbuddy

  1. brotchie · · focus · HN ↗
    Global electricity provider revenue is $7T, so $6T for a whole new horizontal category of "thing" isn't unreasonable.
    1. jimmyjazz14 · · focus · HN ↗
      Yes but for most people electricity is an absolute necessity, the average person could easily live without AI should it disappear from their lives.
      1. redox99 · · focus · HN ↗
        The target is not the average person, its companies replacing half their work force with agents.
        1. jimmyjazz14 · · focus · HN ↗
          sure but that is still less than the total users of electricity.
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