Stop Hoarding GPUs Already
Expensive GPUs sitting idle? You're not alone
GPU hoarding is a thing. Consumed by a fear of missing out, anxious about lack of supply and transfixed by the current AI hype cycle many teams have landed in an unthinkable spot - their GPUs are now gathering dust. What a terrible waste!
In our recent conversations with hosting providers and enterprise infrastructure teams, we've uncovered a rather awkward truth: there are a shocking number of high-performance GPUs sitting dormant in data centers worldwide. Congratulations! You've successfully procured them, but they've delivered about as much value as your over-priced, powerpoint wielding, AI consultant.
Personally, I don’t like waste. Having idle GPUs in today's market is like owning a yacht that never leaves the harbour. These computational beasts are deprecating faster than your Tesla (sorry Luke) and every day they sit unused is burning a hole in your budget that would make your CFO weep. (Have you told your CFO?)
How can we move faster?
The good news? Those dormant GPUs can be put to work faster than you realise. I have always been in awe of the engineering skill here at HelixML but I didn’t realise that deploying Helix takes roughly 10 minutes.
10 minutes.
Those GPUs could be doing something useful today. In the next hour!
Day 1
As soon as it's deployed, Helix brings your team immediate access to a secure, private ChatGPT experience. No more worrying about your engineers pasting proprietary code into public AI tools or explaining to compliance why customer data ended up in OpenAI's training set. Already we have a win for both security and productivity.
Month 1
Within just 4 weeks, you can build 2-3 solid use cases that demonstrate real business value. Think automated code review, documentation generation, or even customer support automation.
And Then…
Unblock innovation across your business. Maybe run a hackathon. There’s no need for lengthy governance and internal reviews when all of your AI experiments run in your own data center. Try something, learn something, innovate and evolve.
Your data never leaves the building.
And just like that, those formerly idle GPUs are transforming from expensive paperweights into a value-generating workhorse.
And you’re back in the game, instead of sitting on the bench.