A Potentially Terrible AI Economic Dilemma

A Stargate AI data center under construction in Lordstown, Ohio, US, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. SoftBank is working with OpenAI Inc. and Oracle Corp. to test what it describes as “an advanced data center design” on the grounds of a former auto plant that will be repurposed to manufacture data center equipment. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg