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AI vendors pass infrastructure costs to customers via price hikes

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Register ·

Forrester warns that AI vendors are raising prices and introducing usage charges to cover infrastructure costs, which will inflate software budgets next year. The research firm predicts these increases will hit enterprise customers across AI platforms and tools. Companies should expect higher bills for AI services as providers shift capital expenditure onto users.

Meridian48 take
The warning is timely but understates how locked-in enterprises may have little choice but to pay up, making this a stealth tax on AI adoption.
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