Observability & Cost

Idle GPU capacity

Idle GPU capacity is compute or memory on a provisioned GPU that isn't being used by any workload, representing a direct loss of potential revenue or productivity.

Idle capacity accumulates when GPUs are reserved for peak demand but sit underused most of the time. It's the exact problem GPU pooling, overcommit, and autoscaling are designed to solve.

How hosted·ai approaches this

See GPU cloud margins: why most neoclouds fail and how GPU overcommit fixes it for how hosted·ai addresses idle capacity through overcommit.

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