# \~5% of global GDP will be spent on AI compute by \~2030

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-12-18
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Akash: Crypto's AI Supercloud W/Greg Osuri ($1 To $1 Million Podcast)
- **Watch at:** 01:00:34 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvMDcUSh1Zg&t=3634s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2023-12-18-5-of-global-gdp-will-be-spent-on-ai-compute-by-203-yruv/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "\~5% of global GDP will be spent on AI compute by \~2030," Akash: Crypto's AI Supercloud W/Greg Osuri ($1 To $1 Million Podcast), 18 Dec 2023, 01:00:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvMDcUSh1Zg&t=3634s

## Quote — verbatim

> I read a stat somewhere that said about 5% of global GDP will be spent on AI compute... I think in 2030 or something, and it's believable the way AI is going. It's going to need a lot more chips and we don't have capacity as humanity to produce \[that\] level of chips — the only way we can achieve that level of usage is by looking inward, \[at\] what we have right now that's not being utilized.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Cited (secondhand) stat used to justify tapping idle compute rather than manufacturing new chips; chip supply as the binding constraint.