Can Infrastructure Keep Pace With AI?
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When CEOs from telecom, IT services, and asset management are debating AI’s power, water, and fiber constraints on a Bloomberg stage, AI buildout has clearly crossed into classic infrastructure planning. If your AI roadmap ignores grid capacity, latency to users, and long-dated capex cycles, you’re planning a product that your sites may not be able to run.
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