Bank of America Warns AI Investment Cycle Faces Pressure from Competition and Falling Prices
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Bank of America has highlighted structural similarities between the current artificial intelligence investment cycle and past capital expenditure booms, pointing to mounting competition and tumbling service prices. In a recent client note, the firm revealed that consensus capital expenditure forecasts for hyperscalers over the next 12 months have surged to approximately 1 trillion dollars, representing about 3 percent of US gross domestic product. This ratio surpasses the peak investment levels seen during the 1870s railroad expansion at 2.2 percent and the 1990s technology boom at 1.1 percent. Furthermore, average AI token prices have dropped by roughly 50 percent since summer, while US business spending on AI has contracted slightly despite surging token volumes. Market indices have also reflected growing anxiety, with South Korea's KOSPI falling 20 percent since early October and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index declining 13 percent from its recent peak.
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Bank of America warned that AI infrastructure investments have reached 1 trillion dollars, accounting for 3% of U.S. GDP and surpassing the tech expansion of the 1990s. With AI token prices falling about 50% since summer and U.S. corporate AI spending declining, concerns over profitability pressures are growing. This intensifying competition and price drop are triggering corrections in related stocks and semiconductor indices, burdening investors.
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- AI — AI token prices have plummeted by 50% and competition is intensifying, raising concerns over declining profitability and the recovery of capital expenditures (CapEx) for related companies.
- Semiconductors — Direct hits are being taken due to fears of a peak-out in the AI infrastructure investment cycle and demand slowdown signals such as a 13% drop in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index.
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According to Bank of America's analysis, hyperscalers' capital expenditures (CapEx) are surging to 1 trillion dollars over the next 12 months, whereas AI token prices have dropped 50% and actual AI spending by U.S. companies has slightly decreased since August. This highlights the risk of slowing profitability due to oversupply and intense competition, similar to past railroad or tech bubble periods.
Future scenarios are split: either total revenue is maintained through an explosion of demand driven by falling prices (Jevons Paradox), or oversupply becomes entrenched, continually pressuring the profit margins of big tech and semiconductor companies. Key monitoring indicators are whether AI token prices stabilize and the trend of companies' monthly real AI service expenditures.
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