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AI needs $6tn in annual revenue to justify data centre boom, Bain says | The National
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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2026
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But those are full revenue, including say MS Office subscriptions etc. If AI revenue needs to be 6T, then we need to talk AI revenue.
Yeah the management would add AI features to MS Office subscription, call it an AI product, treble the price and justify their AI investment
True that, but even then the dark magic of the street of walls will not save them