Energy is the largest OPEX by far (70-80%)... taxes second.https://epoch.ai/data...

onlyrealcuzzo · 2026-09-25T15:55:11 1790351711

That's if you don't count hardware amortization - which is 80% of the cost...

FuriouslyAdrift · 2026-09-25T18:12:48 1790359968

That's not OPEX, that's CAPEX and tangible assets are depreicated not amortized.

cyanydeez · 2026-09-25T14:08:25 1790345305

Anyone who puts a local model on a GPU understands how much heat they produce.

Its amusing watching cloud AI users struggle to grasp even direct impacts of their use.