Data-Center Spending Hit $68.3 Billion in June While Everything Else Dropped by More Than $100 Billion

A single corner of the American economy is now growing fast enough to prop up the whole thing — and it’s built on the AI boom.

Data-center spending hit $68.3 billion in June, even as investment across the rest of the economy, from houses to hospitals, fell by more than $100 billion.

Economists now credit AI investment and the stock rally it fueled with roughly a third of America’s recent growth. That means the country is quietly betting its expansion on a boom that could stall.

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