AWS Increases GPU Instance Prices by 15% Over Weekend
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Brajeshwar
Fresh out the oven, still warm. Top of the tray.
Summary
AWS has quietly raised prices on its EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML instances by approximately 15% over a weekend, specifically on a Saturday. The p5e.48xlarge instance with eight NVIDIA H200 accelerators increased from $34.61 to $39.80 per hour, while the p5en.48xlarge went from $36.18 to a higher unspecified price. The article suggests this may not be an anomaly but the beginning of a new trend in cloud pricing, raising concerns about vendor lock-in and the long-feared scenario of AWS hiking prices on dependent customers.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledAWS has quietly raised prices on its EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML by approximately 15 percent.
The p5e.48xlarge instance – eight NVIDIA H200 accelerators in a trenchcoat – jumped from $34.61 to $39.80 per hour across most regions.
Over the weekend - on a Saturday, no less - that hypothetical became real.
What happens if AWS hikes prices has always been something of a boogeyman, trotted out as a hypothetical to urge folks to avoid taking dependencies on a given provider.
An anomaly or the beginning of a new trend? My bet's on the latter.
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