Inference platforms rent their GPUs. Here is how they earn.
Together AI, Fireworks, Baseten, Modal and SiliconFlow sell tokens and GPU-hours. Most lease the chips. What a GPU provider should know before selling to one.
How compute is bought, priced and financed. Notes from the compute desk.
GPU capacity, GPU prices and compute finance, worldwide. Every figure carries its source and its date.
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Inference platforms rent their GPUs. Here is how they earn.Global3 November 2026
Why GPU prices keep moving. What pushes the H100 hour up and down.Global3 November 2026
Neocloud or hyperscaler? What GPU capacity really costs.Global3 November 2026
The list price is not the price. How GPU deals actually close.Global3 November 2026
How to buy GPU capacity. A buyer's checklist.Global3 November 2026
How much is an H100 per hour? Rate cards, an index, and the gap.Global3 November 2026
The Gulf is the biggest blind spot on the compute map.Middle East3 November 2026
Four ways to buy compute in bulk. What each one suits.Global3 November 2026
Data centre due diligence. A checklist for buyers and investors.Global3 November 2026
Compute futures, explained. What GPU futures are, and who needs them.Global3 November 2026
Every figure in a note carries its source and its date.
Why GPU prices keep moving. What pushes the H100 hour up and down.
GPU rental prices fell through 2025 and rose in 2026. The drivers behind the moves, each tied to a named, dated source.
Neocloud or hyperscaler? What GPU capacity really costs.
Published H100, H200 and B200 rates at neoclouds and the big clouds, the commitment discounts each publishes, and six things the rate does not show.
The list price is not the price. How GPU deals actually close.
Rate cards are where a GPU negotiation starts. What large buyers change, why the real price stays private, and how to test a quote.
How to buy GPU capacity. A buyer's checklist.
Buying GPU capacity is closer to signing a lease than to buying cloud. Six things to settle before you sign, and twelve questions to ask.
How much is an H100 per hour? Rate cards, an index, and the gap.
Published H100 rates, one live rental index, what sits inside an hourly rate, and why a large buyer signs a different number.
The Gulf is the biggest blind spot on the compute map.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman have announced gigawatts of AI compute. Few public sources say what is live. One regional piece in a global series.
Four ways to buy compute in bulk. What each one suits.
Buying compute at scale: direct from a cloud, through a GPU broker, on a compute marketplace or exchange, or on your own hardware. Strengths and limits of each.
Data centre due diligence. A checklist for buyers and investors.
A facility or GPU cluster is only as real as its power, cooling and delivery date. Seven areas to check, and the questions to ask in each.
Compute futures, explained. What GPU futures are, and who needs them.
Exchanges are listing contracts on the price of GPU time. What a future is, what sits behind these ones, and where they fall short.
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