It’s starting to feel like this might be a real tipping point week for the global AI revolution. For all the hype and the huge share price jumps, there is a growing sense that the pinpricks in the bubble are getting bigger.Around the world, investors have spent the weekend fretting about whether the hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Amazon, Alphabet and Oracle can really afford to keep spending trillions of dollars to meet the growing costs of the AI infrastructure boom, while sustainable, meaningful returns remain a distant hope.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
AI is everywhere in corporate Australia. Just not the bottom line
The hyperscalers are under pressure and the message from the market is clear: show us the money or cut back your investments.
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Hyperscalers (Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, Oracle) face investor scrutiny: trillion-dollar AI infrastructure spending lacks sustainable returns. For IT leaders: ROI from AI cannot rely on vendor promises—build credible internal business cases and demand concrete metrics to justify budgets.
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