# AI’s hidden storage bill: What inference leaves behind

**Published:** October 22, 2026
**Author:** Tim Rausch
**Source:** MIT Technology Review
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/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…

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**Tags:** #GPU & Суперкомпьютеры #Дата-центры & ЦОД

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