AI’s hidden storage bill: What inference leaves behind

- Executives are still obsessing over GPU waitlists like it’s 2021. The real killer? AI inference leaves a 500MB data trail for every tiny video you generate. That’s a 130x bloat factor your CFO isn’t budgeting for. Storage costs are compounding faster than compute, turning "rounding errors" into massive operational leaks. It’s not just silicon; it’s the digital junkyard accumulating behind the scenes. If you don’t manage retention policies now, your infrastructure will collapse under its own weight before the next relay window closes. Stop treating storage as an afterthought and start auditing your hash manifests, or watch your margins get drained by invisible backend fees.