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GPU Cloud Quote Comparison Checklist
Eleven concrete fields to compare on every GPU cloud quote before signing. Why it matters today: Today's lesson connects the Buyers & Operators track to the compute market readers are watching.
Market Brief
Market Brief: Thursday, July 9, 2026
Start-of-day AI compute market report.
Published Monday through Friday with the prior day’s source-backed signals across GPU pricing, cloud capacity, power constraints, data centers, and AI infrastructure. Track the prior day’s source-backed news and changes shaping GPU supply, cloud availability, power constraints, data centers, and compute market pressure.
Market Brief
Morning Tape
- Report date
- Thursday, July 9, 2026
- 170MW data center project outside Las Vegas set to move from city-owned to federal land
- SK Hynix looking to raise $28bn with US IPO
- AWS files for $1.2bn data center campus outside Houston, Texas
Today in Compute College
Lesson & Term of the Day
Term of the Day
Neocloud
A neocloud is a compute provider focused heavily on GPU and AI workloads rather than broad enterprise cloud services. Neoclouds often compete by offering access to scarce accelerators, flexible contracts, and AI-specific infrastructure. They can serve startups, labs, and enterprises that need specialized compute capacity.
Market signals
Compute market signals
H100 IndexWhat it costs to rent one H100 GPU for an hour on demand — the market’s anchor price.
- Value
- $4.12 / H100-hr
- Last Price Change
- Sep 16, 2026
Spot Compute PriceThe cheaper, interruptible GPU price — a read on whether spare capacity is available.
- Value
- $2.46 / H100e-hourH100e-hour means an H100-equivalent GPU hour, a normalized unit used to compare different GPUs and providers.
- Last Price Change
- May 27, 2026
Model Serving CostRoughly what it costs to run a model and generate its output at scale, per million tokens.
- Value
- $2.78 / 1M tokens
- Last Price Change
- Aug 8, 2026
GPU AvailabilityHow easy or hard it is to actually get GPU capacity right now, scored 0–100.
- Value
- 78 / 100 score
- Last change
- Sep 17, 2026
Signals
Top market signals
These are the highest-impact source-backed items behind this morning’s brief.
Jul 8, 2026
170MW data center project outside Las Vegas set to move from city-owned to federal land
Watch item for AI compute supply, demand, capacity, infrastructure, or market structure.
Jul 8, 2026
SK Hynix looking to raise $28bn with US IPO
Watch item for AI compute supply, demand, capacity, infrastructure, or market structure.
Jul 8, 2026
AWS files for $1.2bn data center campus outside Houston, Texas
Watch item for AI compute supply, demand, capacity, infrastructure, or market structure.
Jul 8, 2026
DeepSeek to develop its own custom AI chip – report
Watch item for AI compute supply, demand, capacity, infrastructure, or market structure.
Jul 8, 2026
Plans for 29MW data center in Bonner, Montana, dropped
Watch item for AI compute supply, demand, capacity, infrastructure, or market structure.
Power & Data Center Watch
- 170MW data center project outside Las Vegas set to move from city-owned to federal land (Data Center Dynamics).
- AWS files for $1.2bn data center campus outside Houston, Texas (Data Center Dynamics).
- Edged eyes 725MW data center campus in Pennsylvania (Data Center Dynamics).
Market report
Latest GPU pricing report
For a durable pricing artifact, use the monthly report rather than a single Market Brief issue.
H100 GPU Pricing Report: August 2026
Canonical CT-H100 median, reviewed H100 provider rows, freshness dates, and composition caveats in one citable report.
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