The Great AI Repatriation: Why Cloud‑Only LLMs break the budget

Opublikowano: 2026-08-04

AI isn’t “going to the cloud” the way the headlines promised. It’s going wherever the economics and the architecture force it to go, and that often means back on hardware you control. In this episode of Pop Goes the Stack, Lori MacVittie talks with longtime cloud strategist David Linthicum about why AI workloads are driving a very familiar shift: from breathless outsourcing narratives to a sober “where does this bring the most business value” decision. David argues that the right placement question is not ideological, it’s operational. Public cloud LLMs bring ecosystem convenience, bu...