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AI and compute data

The numbers behind the AI build-out, from filings and official statistics only: what the largest buyers spend, what the chip sellers take in, the hardware crossing the US border, and the power and jobs around it.

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SeriesLatestUnitPeriodPeriod beforeYear earlierAgainst its history
165.1US$ bn a quarterquarter to 30 June 2026+27.2%+87.0%highest in the data, from 2019
96.2US$ bn a quarterquarter to 26 July 2026+17.9%+105.9%highest in the data, from 2019
30.3US$ bn a month, general importsAugust 2026−9.8%+73.7%
5.49US$ bn a month, general importsAugust 2026+25.5%+82.8%highest in the data, from 2019
198.6index, 2017 = 100, seasonally adjustedSeptember 2026+2.1%+19.9%highest in the data, from 2005
75.3indexSeptember 2026−0.3%+26.0%98th percentile, five years
0.196US$ per kWhSeptember 2026+0.0%+3.2%93rd percentile, five years
453.8thousands, seasonally adjustedSeptember 2026−0.4%−4.7%12th percentile, five years

US dollars of the day unless a row says otherwise. Quarterly rows are each company's own quarter; monthly rows are calendar months. Sources: SEC filings, the US Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve and BLS via FRED, and the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Every period: compute.csv.