Hardware leasing/equipment financing is OpEx. The difference vs cloud is you’ll get much more capability at a fraction of the cost and own an asset at the end.

Hardware leasing/equipment financing is OpEx. The difference vs cloud is you’ll get much more capability at a fraction of the cost and own an asset at the end. I talk about it a lot on HN but if you really want to get the financial types excited about leasing there are all kinds of interesting options like Section 179 Qualified Financing that can often sweeten the pot further.