The New York Times reports that data centers are “painting gray concrete and gray steel with more gray,” leading to an unexpected boom for paint manufacturers. Gravel producers and wiring companies are also enjoying an uptick, “creating a long tail of unlikely winners.” [Link: Gray Paint Has Never Had It as Good as in the A.I. Boom | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/technology/ai-data-centers-paint.html | The New York Times]
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The New York Times reports that data centers are “painting gray concrete and gray steel with more gray,” leading to an unexpected boom for paint manufacturers. Gravel producers and wiring companies are also enjoying an uptick, “creating a long tail of unlikely winners.”
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