According to data from companies like Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft, the largest cloud players, Microsoft and Amazon, have hundreds of data centers to meet growing commercial needs.

The Big Tech firms are frequently pitted against one another in a variety of ways, including revenue, market capitalization, and the newest addition—generative AI capabilities.

However, Pallavi Rao of Visual Capitalist estimates how many massive data centers they'll need for all of their services, analytics...