Should You Buy or Rent GPUs for AI in 2026? The Realistic 3-Year TCO Math
The decision to buy or rent GPU hardware for machine learning is often framed by a simplistic calculation: $$\text{Break-Even Hours} = \frac{\text{Retail Purchase Price}}{\text{Hourly Rental Rate}}$$ If an enterprise accelerator or workstation card costs $15,000 to buy and rents for $2.50 per hour…
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Should You Buy or Rent GPUs for AI in 2026? The Realistic 3-Year TCO Math