Gartner: AI capex depreciation to exceed $3.5T by 2030

Gartner forecasts that if AI infrastructure investment continues accelerating, depreciation of these capex could exceed $3.5 trillion by end-2030. This signals massive scale of AI buildout, with implications for tech balance sheets and potential overcapacity risk. Forecast is based on current acceleration trend; actual depreciation depends on future investment pace and accounting practices.