On July 14, 2026, SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son stated at the Tokyo Annual Corporate Conference that by 2040, the global AI infrastructure will require $5 trillion in annual investment, primarily to support the expansion of data centers, power supply, and humanoid robots, driving a transformation in work patterns. He predicted that as AI evolves into artificial superintelligence, its revenue will justify the massive expenditures, adding that such changes will bring profits.
