All types of HPC; I'm a sysadmin/consultant. I don't think the problem with the cost gap is overestimating cloud costs but rather underestimating on-prem costs.

All types of HPC; I'm a sysadmin/consultant. I don't think the problem with the cost gap is overestimating cloud costs but rather underestimating on-prem costs. Also, failing to account for financing differences and opportunity-costs of large up-front capital purchases.