It’s difficult to conceive such a large quantity. Between now and 2029, around $3 trillion (£2.2 trillion) will be invested globally on data centers that support AI. According to Morgan Stanley, an investment firm, about half of that amount will be spent on building expenses, and the other half will be spent on the expensive hardware that will enable the AI revolution.
To put that figure in perspective, the total value of the French economy in 2024 was approximately equal to that amount. To match the need for AI processing, an additional 100 data centers are expected to be constructed in the UK alone over the coming years. Some of those will be constructed for Microsoft, which said earlier this month that it will invest $30 billion (£22 billion) in the UK’s artificial intelligence industry.
But this game has been enhanced by AI. The majority of AI models process tasks using pricey Nvidia computer chips. Large cabinets containing Nvidia chips cost about $4 million each. And the secret to the uniqueness of AI data centers lies in these cabinets.
In order to train AI software, the Large Language Models (LLMs) must deconstruct language into all of its minuscule meaning components. Only a network of computers operating in tandem and in close proximity to one another can accomplish it.
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