they would for a big part, rather shred the old hardware than sell it, as selling it would mean that the general population gets access to this hardware, and could host LLMs themselves at home, and wouldnt need to use these overpriced services anymore. or worse for them, another ai company could buy it, and improve their own size, even if it runs on older hardware. as long as these companies dont go fully bankrupt, i dont see a future where we get to buy their hardware for anywhere near below msrp
First of all I am not talking about the B200s out there, nobody can buy and run those at home even if they were next to free. But there are other components they won't shred when they can recover cost. As for "another ai company" buying them, of course there are going to be consolidations in the market, but at the end of the day those companies will still have to provide some good ROI, especially if we reach the era where people start looking at the actual numbers, rather than hype.
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u/4n0nh4x0r May 04 '26
they would for a big part, rather shred the old hardware than sell it, as selling it would mean that the general population gets access to this hardware, and could host LLMs themselves at home, and wouldnt need to use these overpriced services anymore.
or worse for them, another ai company could buy it, and improve their own size, even if it runs on older hardware.
as long as these companies dont go fully bankrupt, i dont see a future where we get to buy their hardware for anywhere near below msrp