Every time 2.5 billion daily queries land in a text box, a meter spins inside racks nobody sees, and the nearly $255 billion figure analysts attached to that one overlooked tap should change how you think about AI

You open a chat window, type a question, hit enter. The answer comes back in seconds. It feels instant and free. Most people never think about what happens in the fraction of a second between the send button and the reply. Most coverage of AI costs doesn’t either. But a set of reports published in ... Read more