The AI Build-Out Is Inflation’s New Driver

人工智能建设的推进成为通胀的新动力

WSJ What’s News

2026-06-25

11 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

A.M. Edition for June 25. Two powerful earthquakes rock Venezuela’s capital, rattling other cities and leaving dozens dead. Plus, Anthropic claims Chinese tech-giant Alibaba ran a brazen campaign to access its Claude model. And WSJ economics reporter Justin Lahart explains why the massive AI build-out is becoming a new catalyst for inflation, driving up prices for components and electricity. Luke Vargas hosts. Listen to all episodes in our series on ideas for fixing the housing crisis. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • The world of business is constantly evolving,

  • and Comcast Business keeps you in step, with secure AI-backed networking in more than 100 countries,

  • powering 90% of the Fortune 500 and millions of small businesses.

  • And behind it all, thousands of experts answering your call at 2 a.m.

  • Like it's 2 p.m.

  • One partner, that's it.

  • Powering how business gets done for companies around the globe.

  • When you add it all up, no one does business like Comcast Business.

  • Deadly earthquakes, rock Venezuela will get the very latest.

  • Plus, Anthropic accuses China's Alibaba of illicitly accessing Claude to train its own AI systems

  • and meet inflation's new catalyst, the AI buildout.

  • There's a lot of things that go into these data centers.

  • There's cooling equipment, there's electrical equipment, there's batteries.

  • So it puts cost pressures on a number of businesses and there's costs.

  • Are likely to get passed on to consumers.

  • It's Thursday, June 25th.

  • I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal,

  • and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

  • Rescue workers in Caracas are working to free survivors

  • in collapsed buildings after back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela yesterday evening.