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Asia’s richest person dismisses AI bubble fears as ‘absurd'

Masayoshi Son predicts global AI infrastructure spending will reach $5 trillion a year by 2040 as demand for computing capacity accelerates.

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Jul 20, 2026
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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, whose company has committed billions of dollars to AI investments, pushed back against growing skepticism over artificial intelligence. Speaking at SoftBank World in Tokyo on July 14, Son predicted global AI infrastructure spending will climb to roughly $5 trillion a year by 2040 as …

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