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AI's hidden storage bill: What inference leaves behind

Ask most executives to picture the cost of AI and they’ll likely see GPUs—racks of accelerators with gigawatts of power—and a waitlist for silicon. But that picture leaves something out: Data storage costs. What happens to data after a model responds? Much of the back-end data that’s generated—from…

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  1. 2026-10-22 08:41 · MIT Technology Review AI
    AI's hidden storage bill: What inference leaves behind

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