That estimate comes from the investment bank Morgan Stanley, which adds that roughly half of that sum will go on construction costs, and half on the pricey hardware supporting the AI revolution. To put that number into perspective, that's roughly what the entire French economy was worth in 2024. In the UK alone, it's estimated that another 100 data centres will be built over the next few years to meet the demand for AI processing. Some of those will be built for Microsoft which...
