Global Scans · Artificial Intelligence · Weekly Summary

• [New] High demand for AI-enabled solutions, combined with underdeveloped domestic infrastructure and governance, creates opportunities for U.S. companies to provide cloud services, secure data platforms, MLOps frameworks, and applied AI solutions. itaadmin
• [New] Leading Policy Type: PAYD leads at 38.3% share; MHYD grows fastest at 23.2% CAGR, driven by AI-powered fleet driver coaching, behavioral risk analytics, and insurer-telematics platform MHYD product innovation globally. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Pinterest committed $4 billion to Amazon Web Services through 2031, its largest-ever infrastructure deal, to power the AI models behind 80 billion monthly searches where roughly half of all search activity is commercial. TIKR.com
• [New] AI data centers currently consume approximately 4-6% of US electricity, projected to reach up to 10% by 2030. Strategy
• [New] The exponential rise in AI workloads and hyperscale data center expansion is intensifying global power demand, creating a high-value opportunity for small modular reactors as low-carbon, reliable energy sources. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Some AI experts predict half of entry-level white-collar jobs to be lost by 2030. AIMultiple
• [New] AI-enabled tools are already expanding from R&D into day-to-day decision-making and execution across organizations, including risk, fraud, marketing, documentation, customer service, hedging, prospecting and AML/BSA compliance. J.P. MORGAN
• [New] Qualcomm said it will acquire AI chip software startup Modular in an all-stock deal valued at $4 billion, giving the mobile chip giant a deeper software stack for running AI models across different processors. Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Fundin
• [New] Countries capable of combining: renewable energy, nuclear power, smart grids, AI-based optimization systems, energy storage, semiconductor infrastructure and advanced cooling technologies will gain a decisive advantage in the emerging global order. Global Panorama
• [New] Microsoft is reconsidering aspects of its 2030 clean-energy targets due to soaring AI-related electricity demand. Global Panorama
• [New] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on AI companies to disclose the full environmental cost of their data centers and to power all data centers with renewable energy by 2030. Educational Technology and Change Journal
• [New] Forrester's cloud predictions for 2026 highlight private AI on private clouds and the rise of GPU-first neoclouds as key shifts for enterprise leaders to plan around. Scalence | Future-Ready Managed Services for Measurable
• [New] AI-specialized computers will capture over 80% of hardware spend by 2030. Scalence | Future-Ready Managed Services for Measurable
• [New] From 2029 onwards, leading AI systems outperform expert humans at virtually all cognitive tasks, with significant advantages in certain domains, and compress decades of scientific breakthroughs into years. GOV.UK
• [New] By 2030, AI can automate most tasks that a remote human worker could perform, driving major scientific breakthroughs, transforming public services, and creating an economic boom. GOV.UK
• [New] AI could cause significant labour displacement by 2030. GOV.UK
• [New] AI will likely provide a sustained increase to economic growth over the 2030s. GOV.UK

Last updated: 28 June 2026