Hardware amortization

Spread acquisition cost over useful life. Cite A100 street price and useful life.

purchase $ ÷ compute-hours in useful life  =  $/compute-hour (hardware)

Worked numbers

Hardware floor if the box runs 24/7:

$29,000 ÷ 26,280  =  $1.103 / compute-hour

If you only sell 5 hours/day (the capacity-listing window), life hours drop to 5/24 × 26,280 = 5,475 unless the remaining hours pay for the box elsewhere. Then:

$29,000 ÷ 5,475  =  $5.297 / compute-hour

That is why spare-capacity sellers who already paid for the box on a daytime workload should not re-amortize the purchase on the night ask. Use spare capacity.

H100 check: 2 × $28,000 + $4,000 host = $60,000 ÷ 26,280 = $2.283 / compute-hour at 24/7 (H100 street).

Next: Spare capacity.