Wisconsinexaminer iconWisconsinexaminerOct 18, 2026

Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history

The sheer size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out other more job-creating ventures. Until now, no industry had driven the U.S. economy with such force since the railroad expansion of the late 1800s, when titans battled one another to lay the transc

Data centers are now the largest financial bet in US history

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