@FinanceYF5: Why do GPU rental prices keep rising? One key reason is that Token demand is exploding. Since November last year, OpenRouter's Token usage has grown by about 27x: Approximately 6 trillion per week → 165 trillion. Among these, the Tokens processed by open-weight models...
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GPU rental prices keep rising, primarily driven by exploding Token demand: since November last year, OpenRouter's Token usage has grown by approximately 27x (from about 6 trillion per week to 165 trillion), with the share processed by open-weight models rising from around 28% to 72%.
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Why Are GPU Rental Prices Keep Going Up?
One key reason is that token demand is exploding.
Since last November, token usage on OpenRouter has grown roughly 27×:
~6 trillion per week → 165 trillion per week
Meanwhile, the share of tokens processed by open-weight models has also risen from about 28% to 72%.
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