At some point AI companies are going to have to charge real money to make a profit from their services. What do you think that amount would be and why? (sh.itjust.works)

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[-] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's a weird market.

Those H100s are $25k minimum. So $200,000 just in GPUs. Drawing 700W each, or 5.6kW total. At my local prices that's about a dollar per hour just for electricity.

It's going to take you a couple of years to break even at $20/h. They might still hold some value at that point. Or they might be obsolete.

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