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Brad Phipps

The hidden mathematics of AI: why your GPU bills don't add up

Cloud, networking and internet.

There's a calculation that every AI executive should know by heart, but most have never done: an on-premises GPU server costs roughly the same as six to nine months of renting equivalent cloud capacity.

Given that hardware typically runs for three to five years, the mathematics are stark, yet somehow this isn't common knowledge in boardrooms making million-pound infrastructure decisions.

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