# GPU server earnings calculator

Net to you from 1 B300 server

$22K a month

- **Upfront:** $578K
- **Pays for itself:** 28 months
- **Ahead after 5 years:** $452K

### How a month reaches you

Rental income

$27K

Data center

-$4.3K

Our fee

-$1K

Net to you

$22K

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### Upfront

- **1 B300 server:** $550K
- **Networking:** Not needed for one server
- **Shipping:** $2.5K
- **Our setup fee:** $25K

### Over 5 years

- **Rental income:** $1.31M
- **Data center and management:** -$333K
- **Resale value (10%):** $55K
- **Return on what you put in:** 1.78x

Ballpark, before taxes, insurance, and financing. Not investment advice.

## Where the numbers come from

- **Server prices.** Ballpark prices for new 8-GPU servers. Networking is added for two or more.
- **Rental rates.** Short-term rates follow the market. Contracts pay less per hour but fill every hour. We lower rates 10% a year as newer GPUs ship.
- **Data center.** Priced per kW a month, power included. It starts when you reserve the space.
- **Resale.** GPU servers keep resale value. We assume a quarter of the price after three years, and a tenth after five.

## Want real numbers for your budget?

- A call with our CTO about what you need
- Ballpark costs and timelines for your budget
- A straight answer if it’s not a fit

Prefer email? [hello@amcompute.com](mailto:hello@amcompute.com)

## Questions about GPU earnings

**How much can a GPU server earn?**

One B300 server rented at $4.60 per GPU-hour brings in about $27K a month. After the data center and our fee, about $22K.

**How long does payback take?**

For that B300 server, about 28 months after it goes live. It still has resale value after that.

**What happens after the contract ends?**

In the 5-year view, the GPUs rent short-term at a rate that falls each year. You can also renew, sell, or upgrade.

**Contract or short-term rentals?**

A contract pays for every hour for two to three years, and lenders like it. Short-term rentals pay more per hour, but some hours go unrented.

**What is not included?**

Taxes, insurance, financing, and support contracts where the vendor doesn’t include them. Ask your tax advisor how depreciation applies to you.

**Can you find a customer for the GPUs?**

Yes. We charge 2.5% of the contract, only if it signs.

**Can I get the model as a spreadsheet?**

Yes. Enter your email under the results and we’ll send an Excel file with your numbers and the formulas.

## Further reading

- [AI cluster costs: opex, TCO, and payback](https://www.amcompute.com/blog/ai-cluster-cost-breakdown-opex-tco-payback)
- [Compute offtake agreements](https://www.amcompute.com/blog/compute-offtake-agreements)
- [Rack Report: monthly GPU resale prices](https://www.amcompute.com/rack-report)

## The hardware in the calculator

- [NVIDIA B300 servers](https://managedgpus.com/b300) - Ballpark pricing, power, and lead times for HGX B300 servers.
- [NVIDIA B200 servers](https://managedgpus.com/b200) - Ballpark pricing, power, and availability for HGX B200 servers.
- [NVIDIA H200 servers](https://managedgpus.com/h200) - Ballpark pricing and availability for HGX H200 servers.
- [NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 servers](https://managedgpus.com/rtx-pro-6000) - Ballpark pricing and power for RTX PRO 6000 servers, the lower-cost way in.
- [NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 racks](https://managedgpus.com/gb300-nvl72) - What it takes to own a liquid-cooled GB300 NVL72 rack.
- [GPU colocation](https://managedgpus.com/gpu-colocation) - A U.S. data center for the GPU servers you own.

## Who it's for

- [AI startups](https://managedgpus.com/ai-startups) - Own your GPU servers instead of renting cloud GPUs.
- [Universities and research labs](https://managedgpus.com/research) - A private GPU cluster in your institution’s name, run for you.
- [Family offices and funds](https://managedgpus.com/family-offices) - Own GPU servers in your own entity and rent them to AI companies.
- [Individual investors](https://managedgpus.com/individual-investors) - Own one or a few GPU servers through your LLC, rented out and run for you.

## Want to own GPUs? We’ll run them.

[Plan a deployment](https://managedgpus.com/gpu-roi-calculator#discuss)

Source: https://managedgpus.com/gpu-roi-calculator