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mythzyesterday at 2:35 PM0 repliesview on HN

Not concerned with electricity cost - I have solar + battery with excess supply where most goes back to the grid for $0 compensation (AU special).

But I did the napkin math on M3 Ultra ROI when DeepSeek V3 launched: at $0.70/2M tokens and 30 tps, a $10K M3 Ultra would take ~30 years of non-stop inference to break even - without even factoring in electricity. You clearly don't self-host to save money. You do it to own your intelligence, keep your privacy, and not be reliant on a persistent internet connection.