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Cloud Contracts Now Include AI Inference Cost Escalation Clauses
Episode 86 of The Cloud Business Podcast dives into a new frontier in enterprise cloud contracts: AI inference cost escalation clauses. As companies deploy large language models into production, inference costs can spike unpredictably—sometimes 10x higher than projected. Lucas explains how hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, and GCP are now inserting clauses that tie per-token pricing to GPU utilization thresholds, memory bandwidth, and even model architecture. Luna highlights a real case where a fintech firm saw inference costs exceed training costs by 4x within two months. The episode explores…
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