BlackRock argues that the next phase of the AI boom will increasingly be shaped not by software innovation alone, but by financing constraints, energy security, and geopolitical fragmentation.
- Hyperscaler capital expenditure projections are approaching $1tn annually by 2028, intensifying demand for semiconductors, power infrastructure, data centers, and financing.
- BlackRock sees the Strait of Hormuz disruptions as exposing the vulnerability of global energy flows precisely as AI dramatically increases electricity consumption and industrial demand.
- The firm continues to overweight U.S. equities and AI infrastructure beneficiaries while warning that traditional portfolio hedges — especially long-duration Treasuries — are becoming less reliable in a structurally inflationary world.
The report suggests the AI era is evolving into something larger than a technology cycle: a full-system industrial buildout where energy, geopolitics, capital markets, and computing power increasingly converge.
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