$725 Billion in AI Spending — and Nobody Is Talking About the Power Bill
Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft are spending $725 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026. That infrastructure runs on electricity — staggering, grid-straining, climate-threatening amounts of it. Global data centre electricity consumption could exceed 1,000 terawatt-hours by 2026. Meta’s Hyperion campus in Louisiana alone could consume as much power as 4.2 million homes. This is the story Big Tech is not telling. gafam.ai is.