Unit
GPU-hour
One GPU made available for one hour. Comparability depends on chip type, region, stack, and commitment.
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Glossary
Core terms used across ComputeTape.
This glossary gives readers a quick translation layer for the Daily Brief, market pages, and chart notes.
Terms
Core market terms
Curve
Forward curve
A view of expected pricing or capacity value across time buckets.
Signal
Tightness
A shorthand for scarcity pressure across availability, price, utilization, and delivery timing.
Operator
Neocloud
A compute-first cloud operator focused on high-performance AI infrastructure.
Memory
HBM
High-bandwidth memory, a key component constraint for advanced AI accelerators.
Infrastructure
Interconnection
The process and capacity needed to connect a data center site to the power grid.