The Data Center AI Spending Boom Hides a Dirty Little Secret
Yahoo Finance·2026-02-18 08:22

One of the biggest developments in recent memory has been the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). The potential of these game-changing algorithms to increase productivity and streamline time-consuming tasks has fueled growing adoption. This, in turn, has sparked a mad dash by big tech companies to capitalize on the unprecedented opportunity. Capital expenditures (capex), particularly for the servers and data centers needed to support the growing demand for AI, have risen to record levels and are only ...