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Goldman Sachs is now saying the AI race has become a $5.3T capital-spending cycle.

Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-20

Goldman Sachs projects $5.3 trillion in hyperscaler capital spending on AI and data centers from 2025 through 2030, with AI infrastructure investment beginning to strain conventional financing channels.

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Topics: ai-infrastructurecapital-expenditurehyperscalersdata-centers

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  • Goldman Sachs projects $5.3 trillion in combined hyperscaler spending on AI and data centers from 2025 to 2030.
  • AI infrastructure investment is beginning to strain normal financing channels.
  • A small number of hyperscalers are responsible for the bulk of AI capital deployment.

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Goldman Sachs is now saying the AI race has become a $5.3T capital-spending cycle.
AI infrastructure is starting to strain normal financing channels, because the same few [hyperscalers dominate]