Capital expenditure in data centers driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) was estimated to increase significantly between 2025 and 2030. However, that the capital expenditure on data centers depends a lot on the demand and on development of the AI industrie in the coming years. Either way, all scenarios outlined here showed that investment in data centers driven would increase by 2030.
Figures calculated by the source by converting estimated gigawatt capacity demand into capital expenditures.
*Excluding IT services and software.
**Including server, storage, and network infrastructure, while accounting for replacing AI accelerators every four years.
***Assumes between 2.2 billion U.S. dollars and 3.2 billion U.S. dollars per gigawatt (including power generation and transmission cost) to account for a range of power generation scenarios and regional cost differences.
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