By Greysen Cacciatore, Research Associate | X | Linkedin
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Chart of The Week: Data Center Dash
Earlier this year, global consultancies McKinsey and Grand View Research released projections that quantify the scale of physical infrastructure needed to support AI’s rapid development. Global power demand from AI data centers is expected to surge from 44 gigawatts (GW) in 2025 to over 150 GW by 2030, more than tripling in just five years. At the same time, the AI-driven data center construction market is forecasted to exceed $450 billion by the end of the decade, reflecting an unprecedented wave of capital allocation into compute infrastructure. These projections underscore the deep physical and financial commitments being made to sustain the next generation of AI models and workloads.
Exhibit 1: Projected Global Data Center Capacity Demand (MW) vs. Projected Datacenter Construction Market (2025 – 2030)
Source: McKinsey, Grand View Research
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