Google puts €13bn into Finland, plate supply shifts, Brent hits $100 — plus five more | BPJ News (Evening Edition)
AI infrastructure and rising input costs are moving at the same time. For print companies, the real contest is splitting into “procurement before you print” and “operations after you print.”
Google says it will invest at least €13bn into AI-focused digital infrastructure in Finland, kicking off a huge wave of real-world work in construction and maintenance. With a plate-material supply handover, a paper mill closure, and Brent crude at $100 all landing at once, print companies are entering a phase where they must revisit cost assumptions—and the quirks of their supply lines.
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AI infrastructure investment (Google, Zankore, SoftBank Group, Meta) is pushing further ahead, while supply-chain tremors (FujiFilm BI’s plate-material handover, the final closure of Germany’s Schleipen Paper, Brent crude at $100, and the Japan Trucking Association’s awareness push to revisit “free shipping”) are simultaneously widening the day-to-day workload around estimating, contracting, and labeling.…
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