Niles: AI Trade Faces Repricing Amid Data Center Risks
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When public investors start talking about data center constraints, token price declines, and funding costs in the same breath, AI becomes a capital-intensive infrastructure story, not just a software growth story. Operators should map their dependency on hyperscaler capacity and token economics now — before those constraints show up as delayed launches or forced reprioritization.
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