A global buildout of datacenter infrastructure is charging ahead to meet the immense computing power needed for AI ambitions by tech giants like Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and others.
Goldman Sachs now expects global datacenter demand to soar 50% by 2027, setting the stage for a massive expansion in power generation and infrastructure investment across the AI value chain.
In a note shared this week, the firm analyst James Schneider projected that global datacenter demand will jump from 62 gigawatts (GW) in the second half of 2025 to 92 GW by 2027—a 50% increase in just over two years. AI workloads are expected to drive that growth, expanding their share of total demand from 13% to 28% by 2027, while traditional workloads shrink to 21%.
Overall, Goldman expects global datacenter power demand to rise 165% by 2030, a …