[2033 Outlook] The Empire in the Clouds: The $2.3 Trillion Era
[2033 Outlook] The Empire in the Clouds: The $2.3 Trillion Era 1. The Invisible Infrastructure Strikes Back We live our daily lives inside a 'cloud'. Photos taken on smartphones are backed up automatically, we stream movies on Netflix, and we throw questions at ChatGPT. All these activities happen not on our devices, but in massive data centers far away—the Cloud . In the past, the cloud was merely a 'warehouse' for data storage. But today, it is different. It has become the 'brain' that runs Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the 'heart' that pumps blood into the digital economy. By 2033, this market is projected to expand to a scale that is hard to imagine. "The cloud is no longer a choice; it is the oxygen for survival. Companies have stopped owning servers and have chosen to access them instead." 2. 2033: The Meaning of $2.3 Trillion According to the latest report by Precedenc...