Why AI Data Centers Could Push U.S. Inflation Higher in 2026

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Why AI Data Centers Could Push U.S. Inflation Higher

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The rapid buildout of AI data centers all over the United States is becoming this stubborn inflation thing in 2026. And it’s not only the obvious tech capex spending, those hyper scale facilities are also nudging up core costs across a lot of the domestic economy.