📈 Data to start your week

Forecast uncertainty ↑ Mental health concerns ↑ Obesity ↓

Hi all,

Here’s your Monday round-up of data driving conversations this week in less than 250 words.

Let’s go!

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1. White-collar countries ↑ AI usage is clustered in service-based economies—with UAE (59.4%) and Singapore (58.6%) in the lead.

   

2. AI in business ↑ 37% of corporations are already using AI in production, according to Goldman Sachs.

3. Data center uncertainty ↑ BCG’s 2030 US data-center electricity forecast is over 5x the lowest estimate.

   

4. Asymmetric markets ↓ AI is chipping away at markets where sellers know more than buyers (healthcare, mortgages, services) by helping people read contracts, compare prices and push back when treated unfairly. 25% of US consumer spending lies in these markets.