Rethinking AI TCO: Why Cost per Token Is the Only Metric That Matters
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Framing data centers as ‘AI token factories’ with cost-per-token as the core KPI turns infra planning into manufacturing economics—yield, throughput, and unit cost. If you’re running serious inference, stop thinking in GPU-hours and start managing a P&L on tokens produced per watt and per dollar.
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