How the AI boom is boosting paint maker PPG's sales: its specialized gray coatings serve critical functional needs and total $3M to $8M per data center, per JLL
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When data center paint runs $3M–$8M per site, you see how deep the AI capex stack goes — down to coatings that manage heat and light. If you're adjacent to infra, re-audit your product line for "AI data center" variants; niche functional SKUs can become durable profit pools.
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