USTelecom report on broadband investment highlights role in AI buildout

A new report on capital expenditures, released by the broadband trade association USTelecom, emphasizes the telecom sector’s central position in building out infrastructure critical to artificial intelligence, while urging a stable policy environment to encourage ongoing investment.

“America’s broadband providers invested $89.6 billion in U.S. communications infrastructure in 2024. The continued strong pace of investment, topping $2.2 trillion since 1996, underscores broadband’s essential role in powering the U.S. economy at the dawning age of artificial intelligence,” according to the “...