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AI Cost Volatility Forces MSPs to Rethink Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid Governance
The episode outlines a structural shift in the managed services landscape, moving from technology stack standardization toward continuous governance as the primary product. Increasing AI adoption is driving volatility in both hardware costs and cloud billing, expanding the complexity and risk profile that MSPs must manage. Companies such as Microsoft, OpenAI, and Akamai are actively shaping this shift by revising product rollouts and pushing for workload placement strategies that prioritize cost, control, and risk mitigation rather than platform ideology.
The core evidence highlighted is that…
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