The hidden supply chain costs of the AI boom
THE SO WHAT
The AI boom is dragging old-economy constraints—chips, RAM, substrates, logistics—back into boardroom conversations that assumed cloud was infinite. If your roadmap depends on scaling AI workloads, you need a view into upstream component and manufacturing risk, not just GPU pricing on your cloud bill.
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