Infrastructure and compute: Enterprises are buying AI compute for speed while flying blind on what it costs

VentureBeat
Aug 12, 2026, 3:30 am21 pts
Across 170 enterprises, AI infrastructure has moved decisively into production — two-thirds now run AI workloads live and three in 10 run them at scale — while the ability to account for what that infrastructure costs has not kept pace. Enterprises have quietly demoted cost in the buying decision:…

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