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Amazon is raising AI chip rental prices 15% and exploring an $8 billion Nvidia leaseback
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Amazon is increasing the rental costs for its AI chips by 15% to manage rising infrastructure expenses. The company is also exploring an $8 billion leaseback deal for Nvidia's high-end Grace Blackwell chips.
Why it matters
Rising costs for AI hardware highlight the immense capital expenditure required for cloud providers to maintain dominance in the AI race.
The cloud giant is also in talks with investors to…
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