THE AI INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD-OUT DEBATE JUST GOT DEEPER

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DeepSeek's R1 release has disrupted AI infrastructure debates by proving that high-performing models can be trained at significantly lower costs, challenging the massive capital expenditures of Big Tech. While this raises questions about AI infrastructure overspending, some argue that efficiency gains could actually increase compute demand, signaling a shift in focus from sheer growth to margin optimization and inference scaling.