AI Spending Is Holding Up U.S. Growth. Big Tech’s $805 Billion Bet Shows Why
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2026, 08:18 (EDT) A surge in artificial-intelligence infrastructure spending is becoming one of the main props under the U.S. economy, with former White House AI and crypto adviser David Sacks arguing that slowing the build-out would now hit growth itself. Sacks wrote on X that AI accounted for 75% of U.S. GDP growth in the first quarter
