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  Three on Thursday - AI Investment is Booming, But So Are Imports
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The buildout of data centers to power artificial intelligence (“AI”) has quickly become one of the largest infrastructure investment booms in U.S. history. In this week’s “Three on Thursday,” we use newly released gross domestic product (“GDP”) data for the second quarter of 2026 to measure just how significant those effects have been. To better understand what’s happening beneath the headline numbers, click the link below.

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Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2026 @ 2:01 PM • Post Link Print this post Printer Friendly

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