AI Data Centers Cost Billions to Build. This Is Why
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AI data centers are now multi‑billion‑dollar industrial projects — power, land, and specialized hardware dominate the bill. If your AI roadmap assumes “more compute later,” you need a view on where that capex is actually being deployed and how it will be priced back to you.
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