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Although large language models are proving to be extremely useful in niche cases, their effectiveness at a broader range of tasks is more nebulous. Especially when it comes to financing it. When managers and executives look at AI budgeting and a return on that investment, it's hard to square away the numbers. When you can't know how many tokens a task will take to complete, or whether the task will be completed effectively on the first, second, or third attempt; when you can't completely control the length of the output, or know whether that output will be wrong, or a lie, or just a random hal

The AI tokenmaxxing party is crashing over spiraling costs — leaked consulting firm audio suggests no one is sure how to measure AI effectiveness
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Nvidia invests $300 million in Corning to build three new US-based optical fiber plants — AI infrastructure deal would boost fiber production capacity by over 50%

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow Corning is known for i… …

May 6, 2026 · Anton Shilov
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Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips — Asus projected to sell 5 million fewer boards than 2025, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock also expected to see reduced sales numbers

… Asus, Gigabyte, and ASRock have pivoted some of their production towards AI servers, allowing them to capture some of the investments that hyperscalers are generously pouring into their data centers. …

May 7, 2026 · Jowi Morales
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The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happened

… All have thrown significant investment into their projects, which has in turn attracted global investment, which is also eager to take advantage of the region’s cheap energy costs and significant sovereign wealth. “The Middle East was a prime candidate for the expansion of data centers before the c… …

May 8, 2026 · Chris Stokel-Walker
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The AI tokenmaxxing party is crashing over spiraling costs — leaked consulting firm audio suggests no one is sure how to measure AI effectiveness

… When Kwak positioned himself to show some slides during the meeting, Accenture's client group lead, Stuary Henderson, joked that he hoped Kwak didn't use AI to convert a PDF into images and then markdown files. “I’m learning that’s one of the big token chewers," he said. “Turning PDFs into markdown… …

Jun 25, 2026 · Jon Martindale
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After spat with Chinese gov't, Meta cuts AI Manus off from its internal systems and is 'sunsetting' platform, report claims — Beijing-ordered breakup of $2 billion AI deal begins

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow China's National Devel… …

Jun 11, 2026 · Luke James
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Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs in AI push — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automation

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow On the other hand, we’… …

May 19, 2026 · Jowi Morales
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Github Copilot customers report up to 100-fold price hikes — AI sticker shock bites as Microsoft switches to usage-based pricing

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow Unsurprisingly, some u… …

Jun 3, 2026 · Bruno Ferreira
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Jury throws out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI after less than two hours of deliberation — Unanimous vote that Musk filed the lawsuit too late

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow The case ultimately hi… …

May 18, 2026 · Luke James
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Kevin O'Leary claims Chinese propaganda is to blame for anti-datacenter backlash, 'hundreds of millions of dollars' being spent to kill US dominance in AI — industry proponents and Trump administration reinforce claims of foreign interference

… According to The Post, Ryan Fedasiuk of the American Enterprise Institute says the inference issue is real, but also cautions "that China isn't the reason AI buildouts are unpopular in the United States." Likewise, the Bitcoin Policy Institute issued a report where it states there's a "foreign infl… …

May 30, 2026 · Bruno Ferreira