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Big Tech’s AI push faces a $1 trillion profit test, says UBS

ET AI (The Economic Times)
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UBS Global Research estimates that the six largest cloud companies—Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Oracle, Meta, and SpaceX—must generate an additional $1 trillion in operating profit by 2031 to justify their $7.7 trillion AI infrastructure investments. Achieving this depends on AI-driven productivity gains and capturing a significant share of the resulting economic value. UBS also projects global GDP could increase by up to $10 trillion by 2031 if AI boosts productivity growth.

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