Every THE D[AI]LY BRIEF article on provisioned throughput — enterprise AI analysis, benchmarks, vendor comparisons, and ROI frameworks for technology and business leaders. Updated as new coverage publishes.
Training a custom model costs about $30. Serving the same weights costs $326 to $28,908 a month depending on the platform. The fine-tuning-versus-RAG decision is a serving-contract decision, and the break-even is 683,000 queries.
September 9, 2026 · 20 min read
Equinix Inference Exchange arrives Q1 2027 with 200+ open models, two tenancy modes and no disclosed price. Your token-API commitments already clear that date; your GPU and colo deals do not. Cap the term or attach a re-price trigger.
September 3, 2026 · 11 min read
A Guardian investigation put a measured number on the gap between Microsoft's announced AI capacity and its installed accelerators. Azure's own documentation already says a PTU reservation guarantees you a price, not capacity — which is why a capacity clause has to name region, SKU, quantity, delivery date and remedy.
August 17, 2026 · 13 min read