(FILES) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends a talk session with SoftBank group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son in Tokyo on February 3, 2025. The staggering investments in artificial intelligence keep coming: In September 2025, AI chip giant Nvidia announced it would invest $100 billion to help OpenAI, the frontrunner in generative AI, build data centers. AI-related spending is soaring worldwide, expected to reach approximately $1.5 trillion by 2025, according to US research firm Gartner, and over $2 trillion in 2026 -- nearly 2 percent of global GDP. Feeding AI's computing appetite will cost up to $500 billion annually in global data center investments through 2030, requiring $2 trillion in annual revenues to make the expenses viable, according to consulting firm Bain & Company. Even under optimistic assumptions, Bain estimates the AI industry faces an $800 billion deficit. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on September 29, 2025 shows a general view of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology office building (C) in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Paralysed banks, grounded planes, chaotic hospitals: for two days, life stopped in Afghanistan when the Taliban unexpectedly cut off the internet and phone networks. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

A full scale model of aerospace company Inversion's Arc autonomous re-entry vehicle to deliver cargo from space is unveiled at the Inversion headquarters in Los Angeles on October 1, 2025. Inversion's Arc spacecraft is being designed to deliver cargo from low-Earth orbit with hypersonic reentry for commercial, government, and defense applications with a first launch planned for 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

A full scale model of aerospace company Inversion's Arc autonomous re-entry vehicle to deliver cargo from space is unveiled at the Inversion headquarters in Los Angeles on October 1, 2025. Inversion's Arc spacecraft is being designed to deliver cargo from low-Earth orbit with hypersonic reentry for commercial, government, and defense applications with a first launch planned for 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

A full scale model of aerospace company Inversion's Arc autonomous re-entry vehicle to deliver cargo from space is unveiled next to drop test vehicles at the Inversion headquarters in Los Angeles on October 1, 2025. Inversion's Arc spacecraft is being designed to deliver cargo from low-Earth orbit with hypersonic reentry for commercial, government, and defense applications with a first launch planned for 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

A full scale model of aerospace company Inversion's Arc autonomous re-entry vehicle to deliver cargo from space is seen covered by a parachute before before its unveiling at the Inversion headquarters in Los Angeles on October 1, 2025. Inversion's Arc spacecraft is being designed to deliver cargo from low-Earth orbit with hypersonic reentry for commercial, government, and defense applications with a first launch planned for 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Justin Fiaschetti, co-founder and CEO of aerospace company Inversion, speaks during the unveiling of Arc, an autonomous re-entry vehicle to deliver cargo from space, at the Inversion headquarters in Los Angeles on October 1, 2025. Inversion's Arc spacecraft is being designed to deliver cargo from low-Earth orbit with hypersonic reentry for commercial, government, and defense applications with a first launch planned for 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Justin Fiaschetti, co-founder and CEO of aerospace company Inversion, speaks during the unveiling of Arc, an autonomous re-entry vehicle to deliver cargo from space, at the Inversion headquarters in Los Angeles on October 1, 2025. Inversion's Arc spacecraft is being designed to deliver cargo from low-Earth orbit with hypersonic reentry for commercial, government, and defense applications with a first launch planned for 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)