Todd Haugen, CEO, Enablence Technologies The April 2025 McKinsey report, The Cost of Compute, set a staggering benchmark: a $7 trillion global race to scale data centers by 2030. At nearly 1% of global GDP, the figure was intended to represent the ceiling of possibility. However, by January 2026, market realities suggest $7 trillion is a conservative floor on AI investment. Even with this unpreced...