Big Tech found $600B for AI but not your job

$600 billion. That’s what Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the rest of the Silicon Valley priesthood are hyping for AI data centers by 2028—while they’re also speedrunning layoffs like it’s a quarterly sport.

Amazon alone is reportedly chopping 16,000 jobs this year, which is a fun way to say “we fired a small town so the servers can hallucinate faster.”

They’re calling it “investment” and “infrastructure,” like they’re building hospitals or railroads.

Meta’s out here preaching the gospel of “efficiency” while Zuck buys enough GPUs to recreate the sun indoors. Google and Microsoft are throwing cash at data centers because AI is the new oil, and they’re trying to own the refinery, the pipeline, and your résumé.

Meanwhile… these same companies will absolutely tell you AI is here to “augment” workers, not replace them, with the same straight face Pepsi used for Kendall Jenner ending racism.

And before anyone says “but innovation,” remember: they’re not spending $600B to make your life easier. They’re spending $600B so they never have to pay humans to do anything ever again, including customer support, journalism, and whatever it is your manager pretends to do.