AI vendors have found someone to pay their infrastructure bills: You
Forrester added Microsoft to the list, citing its recent launch of the premium E7 license, which bolts M365 Copilot, Agent 365, and security tools onto E5. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Last year, consultants Bain & Company estimated that the build cost for AI datacenters would hit $2 trillion by 2030. "While several tech giants, including Oracle, Microsoft, and Meta, have announced significant layoffs in recent months, IT staffing spend has not declined in recent years," the report said.
- ▪Forrester added Microsoft to the list, citing its recent launch of the premium E7 license, which bolts M365 Copilot, Agent 365, and security tools onto E5.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Last year, consultants Bain & Company estimated that the build cost for AI datacenters would hit $2 trillion by 2030.
- ▪"While several tech giants, including Oracle, Microsoft, and Meta, have announced significant layoffs in recent months, IT staffing spend has not declined in recent years," the report said.
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