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02 Jun 2026, 13:01 UTC · 2h ago

It's official: More money is now spent building data centers than the government spends on transportation

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Construction spending on data centers has surpassed public spending on transportation. — This signals a massive structural shift in capital allocation toward AI and digital infrastructure over traditional physical infrastructure.
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