The price increases follow a jump in compute consumption, with token demand on OpenRouter rising roughly 27x from 6T to 165T tokens per week since last November. Open-weight models now handle about 72% of that traffic, up from 28% a year ago. Other market trends include a 45% increase in H100 rental costs since December, which Chamath Palihapitiya attributed to constraints on power.
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Nvidia H200 GPU Rental Rates Rise 160% Since Start of Year
AI10 hours ago
Costs to lease AI processors have climbed across the board, defying expectations that the hardware would depreciate on a standard schedule. Data from a16z shows that rental rates for Nvidia H200 chips increased about 160% since January 1, while older A100 and H100 models also remain priced above their scheduled obsolescence.
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