
Jason Furman is an economist at Harvard Kennedy School
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AI data center investment accounts for 92% of US GDP growth in the first half of 2025, with the broader economy growing at only 0.1% without this spending, indicating potential economic stagnation masked by a capital-intensive AI compute arms race.
“Analyzed that AI data center investment drove 92% of US GDP growth in the first half of 2025.”