The Definitive Guide toAI Data Centers
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Hyperscaler

A giant cloud and platform operator (AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta) building data centers at global scale.

Current numbers

~$500B/yrprojected industry AI-asset D&A — exceeds combined hyperscaler 2025 profits (CONTESTED)as of 2026-08-26 · register ↗
40–85% belowneocloud GPU rental vs hyperscaler pricing (8-GPU node ~$34/hr neocloud vs ~$98/hr hyperscaler)as of 2026 · register ↗
99.99% / 99.5%hyperscaler compute SLA: multi-AZ region-level vs single-instance Monthly Uptimeas of 2026 · register ↗

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