$IBM(IBM)$ just nuked $55B in market cap overnight. 📉💥 The tech giant is cratering nearly 23% this in pre-market after a brutal Q2 earnings miss. Revenue clocked in at $17.2B, missing the $17.86B target, and earnings per share fell short at $2.93. So, what went wrong? It’s the "AI Infrastructure Gold Rush" claiming its first massive victim. IBM’s CEO Arvind Krishna revealed that in the final weeks of June, clients suddenly pulled the plug on software and consulting budgets to hoard hardware. Companies are panic-buying servers, storage, and memory to secure infrastructure before prices spike. Traditional enterprise software is being starved for cash as the industry funnels every available dollar into the AI build-out. The