Estimating Compute Revenue and GPU Scale
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-15
Based on the "bundle cost," the author estimates that peak load requires about 1000–2000 seconds of GPU time.
Calculated against this metric, the revenue per GPU is roughly $28,000 to $55,700 annually, corresponding to approximately 9,000–18,000 GPUs, or 1–2 SuperPODs. The author adds that if peak loads are more extreme and the 2K estimate is too low, it might require up to 40,000 seconds of GPU time, suggesting the actual scale could be even larger.
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