AWS hikes prices for Nvidia GPUs in its EC2 Capacity Blocks service, which let businesses rent AI compute in advance, by 20%; Trainium chip pricing is unchanged (Catherine Perloff/The Information)

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AWS raised Nvidia GPU reservation prices by 20%, sharpening cost pressure around scarce AI compute while leaving Trainium pricing unchanged.

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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260626/p26#a260626p26" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Catherine Perloff / <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/">The Information</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/aws-raises-prices-nvidia-compute-20">AWS hikes prices for Nvidia GPUs in its EC2 Capacity Blocks service, which let businesses rent AI compute in advance, by 20%; Trainium chip pricing is unchanged</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Amazon Web Services is raising the price for its AI workload rental service by 20%, the company said on Friday &hellip; </p>