Enterprise IT Shifts Focus From AI Model Training To Cost-Effective Inference Amid Hardware Supply Constraints
Tech Field Day, Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
AI Costs Push Enterprise IT Toward Efficient Inference
A Tech Field Day podcast episode featuring Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett explores how enterprises are transitioning from speculative AI investments to practical business inference.
The panelists discuss economic pressures reshaping technology priorities through 2026 and 2027, including a looming hardware supply crisis affecting RAM and SSD costs.
Key topics include token pricing opacity, enterprise cost transparency challenges, and power dynamics between hyperscalers and legacy infrastructure providers that will shape future networking, cloud, and security strategies.