AI data center boom could be bad news for other infrastructure projects
In Brief Posted: 11:37 AM PST · December 13, 2025 Image Credits:MONEY SHARMA / AFP / Getty Images Anthony Ha AI data center boom could be bad news for other infrastructure projects Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates, according to Bloomberg. In 2025, state and local governments reportedly sold a record amount of debt for the second year in a row, with strategists predicting another $600 billion in sales next year. Most of that money is expected to fund infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, Census Bureau data reportedly shows that private spending on data center construction was running at annualized run rate of more than $41 billion — roughly the same as state and local government…
