Compute Analytics
Demo dataThe economics of computational infrastructure.
Forward pricing, fleet utilization, and hardware payback across the compute market.
Forward curve and payback follow the selected accelerator; fleet utilization shows every accelerator.
Compute Forward Curve
Market pricing by tenor
- Spot
- $2.41
- 1Y forward
- $1.83
- 1Y vs spot
- −24.0%
H100 SXM · $/GPU-hour · Downward sloping · demo term marks, not exchange-traded futures
Fleet Utilization
Share of available compute rented, by accelerator
Utilization = rented GPUs ÷ available GPUs · trailing year, weekly
- H100 SXM
- H200
- A100 SXM4
- RTX 5090
- B200
- 01H100 SXM87%
- 02H20087%
- 03B20078%
- 04RTX 509075%
- 05A100 SXM475%
Higher utilization indicates a tighter available compute fleet.
Payback Period
Years to recover hardware investment along the forward curve
H100 SXM · spot payback2.1 yearslower payback = faster hardware cost recovery
- Spot · $2.412.1 yearsnet $14,161 / year
- 1M · $2.372.2 yearsnet $13,885 / year
- 3M · $2.292.3 yearsnet $13,240 / year
- 6M · $2.122.5 yearsnet $11,951 / year
- 1Y · $1.833.1 yearsnet $9,740 / year
Demo assumptions · utilization 87% (latest fleet observation) · acquisition $30,000 · power 0.70 kW while rented · electricity $0.08/kWh · hosting $0.35/GPU-hour available · other $0.10/GPU-hour rented. Payback = acquisition cost ÷ (gross rental revenue − electricity − hosting − other), over 8,760 hours.