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#gpu-depreciation

Of every $100 spent running an AI data center, $60 covers GPUs losing value. Electricity is $7. The real bill isn't power, it's depreciation.

Reddit r/ArtificialInteligence ↗ · 2026-10-11 Cached

An animated explainer breaking down where Big Tech's ~$800 billion AI spending actually goes, arguing that GPU depreciation (~$60 of every $100) — not electricity (~$7) — is the real cost of running AI data centers, and questioning whether the AI boom can pay off before a 2000-style fiber bubble repeats.

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The Economics of Open-Weight Inference

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-22 Cached

This paper analyzes how open-weight AI demand affects the economic value of older NVIDIA GPUs, showing that open-weight models are cheaper and that hardware like the A100 remains cost-effective for specific workloads.

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gpu-depreciation

Of every $100 spent running an AI data center, $60 covers GPUs losing value. Electricity is $7. The real bill isn't power, it's depreciation.

The Economics of Open-Weight Inference

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