AI adoption set to accelerate, but data centres may not deliver comparable job gains: WEF

Mint - Sep 28, 2026

Artificial intelligence adoption is expected to accelerate globally over the next 12 months, with economists seeing productivity gains from the technology, even as concerns persist over the ability of data-centre investment to generate comparable employment, according to the World Economic Forum’s September 2026 Chief Economists’ Outlook.

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