Hardware vs Cloud Economics

Private GPU vs Cloud LLM TCO Calculator

Determine the exact token volume inflection point where dedicated on-premise GPU hardware beats public cloud API subscription pricing.

1. Projected Monthly Enterprise Token Throughput150 Million Tokens / mo

10M (Small Team)500M (Mid-Market)1,000M+ (High Scale)

2. Baseline Comparison Model Tier

3. Datacenter Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)1.3 PUE

Typical Cyberjaya Tier-3 DC: 1.35 PUE. Hyperscale Green DC: 1.2 PUE.

TCO Comparison

Economic Analysis

Annual Cloud API CostRM 63,000 / yr

Annualized Private Hardware CostRM 199,533 / yrIncludes 3-yr server amortization + power & MLOps

Cloud Cost AdvantageRM 136,533 / yr

Breakeven Volume: 475M tokens / mo

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