The AI investment boom has unleashed a wave of demand for capital just as savings are declining and interest rates remain high. As competition for financing intensifies, rising borrowing costs could squeeze non-AI firms looking to finance new factories, equipment, and projects.
LONDON—Wall Street analysts keep revising their forecasts for AI-related capital expenditures upward, with some estimating that major tech firms—including Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Meta—could spend as much as $1.4 trillion by 2027. Gartner, a research and advisory firm, projects that global AI spending will reach $2.5 trillion this year.
LONDON—Wall Street analysts keep revising their forecasts for AI-related capital expenditures upward, with some estimating that major tech firms—including Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Meta—could spend as much as $1.4 trillion by 2027. Gartner, a research and advisory firm, projects that global AI spending will reach $2.5 trillion this year.