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Breakeven utilization

The fraction of capacity that must be sold or used for a facility's revenue to cover its costs.

Current numbers

~70%breakeven utilization for a debt-financed cluster; swings -$330k to +$340k/mo (55% vs 85%) on a 1,024-GPU H100 build (contested — single-source)as of 2026 · register ↗
~70%breakeven utilization (debt-financed); 1,024-GPU cluster swings -$330k to +$340k/mo (contested — single-source)as of 2026 · register ↗
~70%breakeven utilization for a debt-financed cluster; 1,024-GPU H100 swings -$330k to +$340k/mo (the DSCR driver) (contested — single-source)as of 2026 · register ↗

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