A newly analyzed data center in Cheyenne exemplifies the growing infrastructure essential for powering AI and the modern digital economy. Tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft are projected to spend $320 billion this year on facilities supporting AI technologies. Business Insider's research identified 1,240 data centers in the U.S., reflecting a significant surge from past years, with hundreds classified as hyperscalers. These centers embody the ambitious vision of tech companies, aiming to integrate AI into various aspects of life, from healthcare to education and beyond.
This data center is one of several in Cheyenne. These buzzing hives of circuitry run the modern digital economy - and manage the unprecedented quantities of data and computation necessary for artificial intelligence.
Together, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Google's parent, Alphabet, have said they'll spend at least $320 billion this year alone on facilities and equipment, overwhelmingly for AI.
Business Insider identified 1,240 data centers in America already built or approved for construction at the end of last year - the most comprehensive tally to date.
Tech companies envision a world where AI algorithms can replace doctors, make uncannily accurate disaster predictions, come up with universe-altering theories, act as personal assistants, teach our kids, or provide, ahem, companionship.
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