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

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-06-13
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** "Greg Osuri: Akash – Decentralizing Cloud Computing and Revolutionizing GPU Access (\#10)" (Fluence)
- **Watch at:** 00:35:35 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYs9UTXv43Q&t=2135s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2024-06-13-5-of-global-gdp-will-be-spent-on-ai-compute-by-203-kiod/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "5% of global GDP will be spent on AI compute by 2030," "Greg Osuri: Akash – Decentralizing Cloud Computing and Revolutionizing GPU Access (\#10)" (Fluence), 13 Jun 2024, 00:35:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYs9UTXv43Q&t=2135s

## Quote — verbatim

> There's clear demand for AI, there's clear demand for chips, and demand is actually gaining. I think we've gotten predicted, for what it's worth, that 5% of global GDP will \[be\] spent to compute for AI... by 2030. That's pretty aggressive.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Opening his answer on whether Akash's GPU advantage persists; paired with "Nvidia is going to be the most valuable company in the world" (it became so within weeks of this recording).