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How Cloud Contracts Now Regulate GPU Energy Throttling
Episode 97 of The Cloud Business Podcast dives into a new frontier in cloud contracting: GPU energy throttling clauses. Lucas explains how major providers like AWS and Microsoft are now writing fine-print limits on power draw for NVIDIA H100 clusters, penalizing customers whose training jobs spike grid-level demand. Luna questions whether this helps reliability or just shifts cost to smaller AI labs. The episode centers on a specific 2025 clause from a top-five hyperscaler that caps per-rack megawatt draw at 85 percent, with automatic rate-limiting if exceeded for over ten minutes. Lucas…
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