Inference Era Competition: Cloud Decisions Driven by Revenue per Watt
BenBajarin · x · 2026-08-19
Ben Bajarin notes that in the AI inference era, cloud providers and hosts will determine the compute infrastructure for AI requests. Their hardware deployment decisions are driven purely by Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and revenue per watt. This dynamic defines the current race and competitive landscape.
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