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CoreWeave's Intrator: NVIDIA A100 will be sold for 9 years — GPU useful life extends well beyond 4-year depreciation
“CoreWeave, Mike over at CoreWeave recently said that A100 is going to be sold for 9 years of its life... we improved and introduced all kinds of new algorithms and software that we continuously enhance that infrastructure completely for free.”
Why it matters
Longer GPU useful life via CUDA software improvements supports the case that AI compute is a durable, rentable, investable asset class — underpinning the ~$500B compute financing/asset-backed thesis discussed in the interview.
Investment implication
Bullish for GPU cloud lessors (CoreWeave) and compute-asset financing economics; extends NVIDIA's installed-base moat and supports securitization of AI infrastructure.