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PwC tracks $31.6T capex for AI data centers, signaling a phase transition to machine-era infrastructure
Sep 2, 2026SOURCE: pwc.com
SO WHAT
Over the next thousand-day window, infrastructure spending will decide which future wins: feudal concentration vs real optionality via open access and interoperable capacity.
PwC estimates $31.6 trillion of capex flowing into AI build-out via data centers. The wire frames physical expansion as “growth,” while the old system converts intelligence into consumable compute rents.
This is Negative Resistance’s reframed reading of a reported signal. The headline and analysis above are our interpretation through the thousand-day-window lens. The original reporting lives at the source linked above.