US AI Investment Contributes Over 25% to GDP Growth
The US economy is increasingly reliant on AI investment, with AI investment contributing over 25% to GDP growth, reaching a historic high.
Related investments include software, IT equipment, R&D, and data center construction. For every $4 of growth in the US, more than $1 comes from AI-driven contributions.
AI-related spending has risen to about 8% of US GDP, setting a record high, significantly above the 6.5% peak during the 2000 internet bubble.
Source: Public Information
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The Kobeissi Letter has long tracked macro and asset allocation trends, previously highlighting the role of technology capital expenditure cycles in driving US stock markets and economic growth, similar to its emphasis in 2023-2024 on Nvidia and other AI hardware companies boosting overall capital expenditure.
On the capital front, US businesses and government are massively directing funds towards data centers, GPU clusters, and AI software infrastructure, motivated by the need to maintain global competitiveness through technological leadership, shifting resources from traditional manufacturing and consumer sectors to a full-stack AI focus, creating a self-reinforcing investment cycle.
Similar to the late 1990s internet infrastructure boom driving GDP contributions, the current US economy is in an AI-led expansion phase, with data centers and computing power becoming new core capital goods.
Essentially, this is a technological substitution: AI investment replaces traditional labor and inefficient processes through the overlay of software and hardware, with high capital expenditures directly translating into productivity gains and GDP statistical increments, while also driving up tech stock valuations and energy demand, forming a new anchor point for economic growth.
ABAB News · Law of Cognition
Technology bubbles begin with investment proportions and mature with GDP contributions.
Every paradigm shift first bets GDP growth on a single capital good.
The more the economy relies on new tools, the more it proves that old structures have been replaced.