> core of a technology business Most businesses are not technology businesses, they deliver goods or services to their customers where IT is part of their cost

> core of a technology business Most businesses are not technology businesses, they deliver goods or services to their customers where IT is part of their costs to deliver. Investing in IT people to run that bare metal is a huge expense that doesn't improve your goods or services directly. As for "where a task would floor 32 cores for 3.5 seconds"... means that your internal IT infra had to support that maximum requirement headroom 100% of the time, even though it may not be used for 99% of the time (depending on load patterns etc).