Making AI an asset, not an expense

HPE argues that businesses should reassess consumption-based AI pricing. When agent workflows in customer service, IT and research create sustained, predictable demand, buying AI per request may not be cheaper than building owned capacity. Deloitte’s 2026 enterprise AI report says employee AI usage rose 5% in 2025, and the share of companies with at least 40% of AI projects in production is expected to double within six months. Businesses need to calculate utilisation crossover points from actual workloads and keep owned capacity productive through adoption, governance and expanding use cases.