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IBM CEO says there is ‘no way’ spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today’s infrastructure costs

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Joanna

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Dec 3, 2025

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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna walked through some napkin math on Big Tech’s AI data center spending — and raised some doubts on if it’ll prove profitable.

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