Hyperscalers have already outspent most famous US megaprojects | Hacker News
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A Hacker News thread compares hyperscaler datacenter spending with historic U.S. megaprojects.
Commenters liken today’s AI buildout to the railroad boom and the F-35 program.
The debate centers on whether these costs should be measured against GDP and how “unprecedented” the spending really is.
The discussion underscores how quickly AI infrastructure investment is scaling into a major industrial effort.
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