By Dave Wardrop
Publication Date: 2025-11-13 02:05:00
Artificial intelligence makes companies more productive, but this additional productivity comes at a price. Organizations save money in one place but increase costs in another. Over time, these increased costs become more apparent and “publicized.” To counteract these costs and ensure that AI delivers a net benefit, some innovative solutions are required.
The hidden costs of the AI era
There is a growing consensus that artificial intelligence has “changed the equation” when it comes to data volumes, data center capacity and power grid demand. For years we have been hearing about the ever-increasing amounts of data worldwide. This continues, but AI’s data needs are disrupting previous assumptions and estimates about future growth rates. A commonly cited statistic is that 90% of the world’s data was generated in the last two years. The data-hungry demands of AI could…