AI Data Center Spending Boom Lacks Proven ROI, Analyst Warns

Analyst David Linthicum argues that AI is not exempt from economics: hundreds of billions in data center spending offer no clear ROI, and as efficiency improves, enterprises may prefer efficient private deployments over hyperscale cloud buildouts, making the recent AI stock correction unsurprising.

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