Istanbul, August 25 (HNA) – Astronomical figures are being cited regarding the size of the artificial intelligence market and the expenditure and investments that technology giants are set to make in artificial intelligence.
Whilst the size of the global artificial intelligence market is reported to have reached $549 billion in 2025, spending on artificial intelligence by major tech giants such as Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon is expected to reach $760 billion this year. It is estimated that global artificial intelligence investments will exceed one trillion dollars this year.
According to a study titled ‘Global artificial intelligence market size between 2020 and 2032’, published on 20 August by the Germany-based data and statistics platform Statista, the global artificial intelligence market reached $548.79 billion in 2025. It is estimated that between 2020 and 2025, the market size will increase by 336.02 billion dollars to reach 885 billion dollars, and that it will grow by a further 866.4 billion dollars during the 2025–2032 period.
In another Statista report dated 31 July, it is forecast that the ‘Big Tech’ companies – Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon – will spend $760 billion on artificial intelligence this year.
All four major companies have indicated in their second-quarter 2026 financial statements that they will continue to spend more on data centres, chips, network equipment and artificial intelligence capabilities. However, not all of the increase in spending is directed towards new equipment; rising chip prices are also driving up expenditure. For example, at Microsoft, this figure is estimated to reach up to $25 billion in 2026.
Amazon and Alphabet, like Meta, have raised their capital expenditure forecasts for 2026 once again, though this time they remained at the lower end of the forecast range. Microsoft, however, has stuck to its April forecast of $190 billion.
A report dated 7 August by the US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs emphasised that global artificial intelligence investment is expected to exceed one trillion dollars this year.
According to Goldman Sachs’ research division, it is projected that of the one trillion dollars in global AI-related investment in 2026, 581 billion dollars will be in the US. It was emphasised that the majority of companies investing outside the US are based in China and South Korea.
Goldman Sachs also calculated what proportion of US and global GDP AI capital expenditure would account for. According to these figures, whilst expenditure this year accounts for 1.8 per cent of US GDP (with global AI investment accounting for 0.9 per cent of global GDP), this is set to rise to 2.5 per cent of US GDP (and 1.3 per cent globally) by 2027.
By 2028, it will rise further to 2.8 per cent in the US (1.4 per cent globally).