GPU supply vetting

Score GPU suppliers on evidence, not on the pitch.

Demand is ahead of supply, so speed matters. A fixed set of weighted criteria lets a team qualify neoclouds and data centers quickly, compare them fairly, and catch the dealbreakers before capacity is signed.

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Fast and sloppy fails later

Capacity with weak networking or thin SLAs gets signed quickly, then deals fall through after placement.

Claims are not data

Fabric type, uptime and repair times come from trials, logs and references, not from a sales deck.

One scale for every supplier

The same anchors let any team member score a provider and get a comparable result.

Framework

Six categories, 100 points.

Weights reflect what most often decides whether a supplier can serve a customer workload and protect margin. They are a starting point to calibrate against real deals.

Live scorecard

Change a score and watch the verdict move.

Two fictional suppliers are loaded. Select one, click scores from 1 to 5, and open a row to see the evidence to request and what a 1, 3 and 5 look like. Click a selected score again to clear it.

Price normalizer

Compare quotes as one all-in $/GPU-hr.

A low headline rate can hide setup fees, egress and storage charges. Enter a quote to see the effective rate that the Price criterion should be scored against.

Extras are fees such as egress, storage and support. Sample quote, not a real offer. Benchmark is illustrative. Hours per month assumed at 730.

Effective rate
(rate × GPUs × hours × months + setup + extras × months) ÷ (GPUs × hours × months)
Process

How a supplier moves through it.

  1. 01

    Screen

    Check knockouts and normalized price first, so no time goes to suppliers that cannot qualify.

  2. 02

    Verify

    Run a multi-node trial, pull uptime history, and call references. Score from the results.

  3. 03

    Negotiate

    Use the low scores as the agenda: SLA remedies, node replacement, term length, staged commitment.

  4. 04

    Activate and monitor

    Hand the score and terms to everyone who needs them. Rescore after incidents and at renewal.

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Weights, anchors, knockout choices and band cut-offs (Strong 75, Acceptable 50, Weak 35) are starting assumptions based on judgment, not industry standards.

Both suppliers and the price quote are fictional examples and do not describe any real provider.