Visibility before velocity: Taking control of IT infrastructure costs

By Busisiwe Mbatha, Head of Infrastructure and IT Operations at e4Johannesburg, South Africa – 7 September 2026 - Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from experimentation to everyday business operations. Whether it's developers using AI-assisted coding tools, knowledge workers leveraging intelligent assistants, or organisations embedding AI into customer experiences, the pressure to adopt these technologies has never been greater.What often receives far less attention, however, is the infrastructure required to support this new era of computing.Every AI workload consumes significantly more resources than traditional applications. It requires greater processing power, more cooling, increased energy consumption and, ultimately, higher operating costs. As…