At 53.8¢/kWh Daytime Power in Menlo Park, Home GPUs Are Now a Bad Deal
generativist · x · 2026-08-13
A developer points out that daytime electricity prices in Menlo Park, CA have hit 53.8¢ per kWh. At such steep power rates, running your own GPUs at home is now practically a financial loss unless you are getting terrible Model FLOPs Utilization (MFU).
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