Energy is the largest OPEX by far (70-80%)... taxes second.
https://epoch.ai/data-insights/ai-datacenter-cost-breakdown
That's if you don't count hardware amortization - which is 80% of the cost...
Anyone who puts a local model on a GPU understands how much heat they produce.
Its amusing watching cloud AI users struggle to grasp even direct impacts of their use.
That's if you don't count hardware amortization - which is 80% of the cost...