VMware VCF Head: Public Cloud Costs To Climb As AI Spending Soars

VMware VCF Head: Public Cloud Costs To Climb As AI Spending Soars

“Because the public cloud vendors are the ones who are building out these mega data centers and all of that for AI, when you do that kind of investment—at some point—it will reflect in the pricing across the board,” said VMware’s Krish Prasad.


VMware leader Krish Prasad says public cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft and Google are driving the memory and CPU shortages issue by building massive AI data centers, which will eventually lead to higher cloud prices.

“The public cloud [providers] are building out big data centers and all that kind of stuff, which is also going to drive up the cost of public cloud,” VMware’s Krish Prasad, who leads Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Division, tells CRN.

“Because the public cloud vendors are the ones who are building out these mega data centers and all of that for AI, when you do…