Even for multi-year, if you factor in everything does it still come out cheaper and AWS? Would you be running everything 24x7 on an HPC? I don’t think so. You n

Even for multi-year, if you factor in everything does it still come out cheaper and AWS? Would you be running everything 24x7 on an HPC? I don’t think so. You need scale at some points and there are probably times where research is done on your desktop. You could invest in an HPC - but I think the human cost of maintaining one especially if you’re in a high cost of living area (e.g. Bay Area, NYC, etc.) is going to be pretty high. Admin cost, UPS, cable wiring, heat/cooling etc. can all be pretty expensive. Maintenance of these can be pretty pricey too. Are there any companies that remotely manage data centers and rent out bare metal infra?