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Wachter: AI hyperscalers need 2.7x productivity boost to justify $1.1T spend

Wachter warns of bankruptcy and capital misallocation if productivity boost fails

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Wachter cautioned that if hyperscalers cannot meet productivity growth targets, they risk falling behind on interest payments and potential bankruptcy. She and her co-author concluded that failure to achieve a productivity boom would constitute "the largest misallocation of capital in history."

Wachter warns of bankruptcy and capital misallocation if productivity boost fails
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“Then they will fall behind on their interest payments, and that risks bankruptcy.”

Jessica Wachter

Jessica Wachter Wharton finance professor; former SEC chief economistGary GenslerGary Gensler Former SEC chairman; MIT Sloan professorAlphabet AI hyperscalerMicrosoft AI hyperscalerAmazon AI hyperscaler

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