It's possibility that I've considered, am still considering. Mostly because I am used to working locally, but also because I am not sure which works out cheapest in the end. For my use cases, if I need anything with more than 24 or 32 GB, it definitely makes sense to rent I thing. Those cards are extra pricy. Also, I keep the GPU and analysis computer for the lab after the grant ends, but I don't keep my budget for online conpute..that would go back to the Federal government, so it makes sense for some level of hardware to be around for lean times

That’s not necessarily private then, and billing changes based on whims.