Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

“Furman’s analysis adds to the snarky and accurate observation by Rusty Foster of Today in Tabs who quipped: “Our economy might just be three AI data centers in a trench coat”—an allusion to the data-center buildout boom and to the cartoon trope/sight gag of several young boys teaming up to disguise themselves as an adult.”