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Cloud, Hardware, or Edge — Three AI-HVAC Architectures and the One That Will Survive 2027

Every 2026 AI-HVAC procurement conversation reduces to one question — where does the intelligence run? Cloud overlay vs hardware-embedded vs edge-first, decomposed for the operator scoping a 2027 deployment under EU AI Act Article 9 and APAC PDPA constraints.

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