Inference era compute race: Cloud hosts decide on TCO vs revenue per watt
BenBajarin · x · 2026-08-19
Ben Bajarin notes that in the inference era, cloud hosts will determine the compute infrastructure for AI requests. Their hardware deployment decisions are purely based on a TCO versus revenue per watt calculation. This is the race and the competitive dynamic.
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