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

Fortune's October 2025 report of Jason Furman's estimate of data-centre investment's share of US growth.

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Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says
Information processing investment about 4% of GDP and about 92% of growth in the first half of 2025, by Furman's rough reckoning.

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Furman's figure is a rough contribution-to-growth estimate; the essay keeps the hedge.

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