IBM CEO Arvind Krishna highlights concerns over the trillion-dollar capital required for AI data centres, questioning the economic viability of such investments.
Krishna spoke about the topic on The Verge's Decoder podcast
Jun 22, 2026
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What's the storyIBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna has raised doubts over the economic viability of current artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investments.
Speaking on The Verge's Decoder podcast, he said that building data centers for artificial general intelligence (AGI) could require trillions of dollars in capital expenditure.
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