Issue Sufficiency thresholds sit unreconciled beside the report's own compute expansion forecasts
Summary
NTT DATA presents sufficiency as using AI, digital twins and integrated resource systems to find optimal thresholds rather than infinite expansion, a logic of deliberate limits that stands unreconciled against the same report's forecasts of steeply rising computation, AI infrastructure and sovereign duplication of capacity.
Classification
Main topicClimate Change & Adaptation
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 2
- Technology Foresight 2026: Sustaining growth in the era of mass intelligence NTT DATA page=58;section=6 From illusory efficiency to sufficiency / What it is and why it matters now 2026-03 accessed 2026-07-26
- Technology Foresight 2026: Sustaining growth in the era of mass intelligence NTT DATA page=38;section=4 Informed infrastructure / What it is and why it matters now 2026-03 accessed 2026-07-26
Constituent trends 2
Directly linked signals 3
- SignalAll-photonic networks are named as the key enabler of low-carbon workload distribution
- SignalOver 1,400 corporates had net-zero targets by mid-2025, and 65% are forecast to use agentic ESG software by 2030
- SignalThe publisher sells the services its own forecast points to, and funds over $3bn of R&D a year
Relation types: constitutes · direct_urgent
Public id: fm-1381b993426a