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AI needs $6tn in annual revenue to justify data centre boom, Bain says | The National
www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/09/29/ai-industry-needs-to-earn-6-trillion-by-2031-to-justify-data-centres/Replying to @themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Fantastic. That’s USD 750 per Earth inhabitant. You could feed all of humanity for this, with is what is essentially needed.
Replying to @HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
how could you feed anyone for that little (per year, let alone permanently)?
Replying to @jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works
In the global south, lots of people already spend less than that on food. $750 is more than double the average Ethiopian yearly expenditure on food.