The U.S. Economy Is Now Powered by Data Centers — Literally
- Rich Washburn
- 11 hours ago
- 2 min read
Harvard economist Jason Furman just dropped a staggering stat: 92% of U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 came from AI-related data-center spending.
Without it? GDP growth would’ve been just 0.1%.
That means 4% of the economy (tech infrastructure) carried the other 96%.
AI giants — Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Nvidia — are now spending ~$400 billion per year on new data-center capacity. That alone adds 1 percentage point to U.S. GDP.More than consumer spending. More than manufacturing.It’s the first time in history that server racks, GPUs, and cooling systems are the main engine of American growth.
We used to build cities around rivers and railroads.Now we build them around megawatt-scale data centers.
This isn’t just an AI story — it’s an energy and infrastructure revolution.Every new AI campus needs hundreds of megawatts of reliable power, advanced cooling and UPS systems, and GPU-dense compute pods that can be deployed in months, not years.
But grid congestion, interconnection queues, and long utility lead times are threatening to slow that momentum.
That’s where Data Power Supply comes in.We deliver turnkey AI-ready infrastructure — from behind-the-meter microgrids and natural-gas turbines to modular data centers with up to 2 MW per container and Tier III+ redundancy.
When growth depends on gigawatts, speed and reliability are everything.
Powering the New Economy
The next phase of U.S. growth won’t be defined by Wall Street — it’ll be built in places like Iowa, Texas, and Virginia, where high-density compute meets high-capacity energy.
That’s the new industrial base.That’s the new American growth engine.
And Data Power Supply is helping power it — one microgrid, one data pod, one gigawatt at a time.
Get ahead of the grid.Start your quote today at DataPowerSupply.com or email Jimmy@DataPowerSupply.com to discuss specs, power systems, and deployment timelines.