[PwC predicts that global cumulative investment in data centers will reach US$31.6 trillion by 2050] September 2, PwC predicts that in order to meet the world’s growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI), cumulative global data center spending will reach US$31.6 trillion by 2050, and the scale of investment will exceed the historical infrastructure construction wave such as railways, the Internet, and electrification. PricewaterhouseCoopers released a report on Wednesday saying that if the popularity of AI exceeds its "baseline scenario" expectations, data center spending in about the next 25 years may even reach $50 trillion. By comparison, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) is currently about $30 trillion. As consumers, businesses and governments increasingly use AI, technology giants such as Microsoft and Amazon, as well as smaller data center operators, are rapidly building new computing facilities around the world. Most of the investment will be in the internal equipment of the data center, including AI chips, storage chips, network equipment and servers.