The hidden cost of renting someone else's brain
- The problem
- A NOC never sleeps, so paying per token makes AI inference the fastest-growing line item.
- Why it matters
- The point is predictability rather than price: a fixed self-hosted budget of about £9K/month compared with £35–40K for a shift team.
- Who should read it
- CFOs, telco CTO office
- What you'll get
- A cost framing for always-on AI workloads.
- Series
- The Autonomous NOC, Part 5 of 12
- Readers
- 47 views on Builder Center
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