Financing of historic AI buildout raises systemic risks in US, researcher says – CNBC TV18

In TrendsStock MarketNSE IPO ListingStocks to BuyOil PricesGold and SilverFinancing of historic AI buildout raises systemic risks in US, researcher saysAI buildout could surpass past US infrastructure projects, consuming 3.6% of GDP annually through 2032, exceeding past infrastructure projects like railroads and highways.By Reuters September 24, 2026, 4:04:52 PM IST (Published)The artificial intelligence buildout is on track to require a larger share of US output than the rollout of electricity, railroads, interstate highways or the internet, with an increasingly complicated financial structure that poses potentially systemic risks, according to a new study.What had been paid for out of the cash stockpiled by companies like Amazon.com, Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google has morphed into an expansion that will consume around 3.6% of gross domestic product annually through 2032, or more than $10 trillion, and is using ever more intricate financing arrangements, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, a finance and real estate professor at Columbia Business School, wrote in a paper prepared for a Brookings Institution conference this week.That estimate is higher than the 2.2% of annual GDP absorbed by railroads in the late 1800s, which was the next most costly rollout of a general technology, and a bit more than 1% annually each…

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