Will data centers crash the economy?

This time let's think about a financial crisis before it happens.

Will data centers crash the economy? This time let's think about a financial crisis before it happens. Noah Smith Aug 03, 2025 ∙ Paid 894 114 136 Share Photo via Amazon The U.S. economic data for the last few months is looking decidedly meh. The latest employment numbers were so bad that Trump actually fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics , accusing her of manipulating the numbers to make him look bad. But there’s one huge bright spot amid the gloom: an incredible AI data center building boom. AI technology is advancing fast, threatening (promising?) to upend many sectors of the ec

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