# Compute Census

> A statistical publication on AI compute: GPU rental prices by model and provider (USD per GPU-hour) and a census of AI data center campuses with published capacity in MW. Every figure is dated and its source listed on /sources/; unpublished values are marked "not published", never estimated. Publisher: The Dream View Co., Ltd. (Thailand, registration 0835564009099).

## Datasets

- [GPU rental price index](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/): floor, median, ceiling and 12-month reserved rates for 10 GPU models. Snapshot 2026-10-16. H100 80GB median $3.49 per GPU-hour. JSON: https://computecensus.com/data/gpu-prices.json
- [AI data center campus census](https://computecensus.com/ai-data-centers/): 634 campuses in 55 countries; 48.3 GW under construction and 31.6 GW announced (published MW only). Inclusion: AI-ready flag, or construction/announced with >= 50 MW. Statements updated 2026-10-15. JSON: https://computecensus.com/data/ai-campuses.json

## GPU model pages (models with >= 3 provider prices)

- [NVIDIA GB200 (per GPU, NVL72) rental price](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/gb200/): median $13.25, range $8.00–$27.04 per GPU-hour, 5 providers.
- [NVIDIA B200 (180GB) rental price](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/b200/): median $6.25, range $3.69–$16.11 per GPU-hour, 9 providers.
- [AMD MI355X (288GB) rental price](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/mi355x/): median $7.00, range $5.99–$8.60 per GPU-hour, 6 providers.
- [NVIDIA H200 (141GB) rental price](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/h200/): median $4.40, range $2.09–$13.78 per GPU-hour, 5 providers.
- [NVIDIA H100 (80GB) rental price](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/h100/): median $3.49, range $1.30–$12.29 per GPU-hour, 8 providers.
- [AMD MI300X (192GB) rental price](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/mi300x/): median $2.99, range $1.71–$12.00 per GPU-hour, 7 providers.
- [NVIDIA A100 (80GB) rental price](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/a100/): median $1.75, range $0.53–$5.07 per GPU-hour, 5 providers.
- [NVIDIA L40S (48GB) rental price](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/l40s/): median $1.53, range $0.38–$3.77 per GPU-hour, 7 providers.
- [NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB) rental price](https://computecensus.com/gpu-prices/rtx-4090/): median $0.42, range $0.13–$0.74 per GPU-hour, 4 providers.

## Data pages

- [AI data centers in India](https://computecensus.com/ai-data-centers/india/): 51 AI campuses, 6.4 GW published capacity (40 with a figure). Every AI data center campus in India we can source: operator, city, status and published MW, with the gigawatt projects and the build pipeline by city.

## Guides

- [NVIDIA H100 Price in 2026: Buy, Build or Rent](https://computecensus.com/guides/nvidia-h100-price/): What an NVIDIA H100 costs in 2026: card and 8-GPU server prices, power and hosting per hour, the live rental index and the rent-or-buy break-even. (GPU costs, updated 2026-10-17)

## Reference

- [Methodology](https://computecensus.com/methodology/): definitions, thresholds, update cadence.
- [Sources](https://computecensus.com/sources/): every provider page, tracker, index and filing used.
- [About](https://computecensus.com/about/): publisher, legal entity, founder.
- [Source GPUs](https://computecensus.com/source-gpus/): request form for buying or renting GPUs and AI servers.
- [Guides index](https://computecensus.com/guides/) and [RSS feed](https://computecensus.com/guides/rss.xml).
- [Full text for language models](https://computecensus.com/llms-full.txt): key pages and every guide in one file.
- Downloads: https://computecensus.com/data/gpu-prices.json, https://computecensus.com/data/gpu-prices.csv, https://computecensus.com/data/ai-campuses.json, https://computecensus.com/data/ai-campuses.csv

## Citation

Cite as "Compute Census, <page title>, <data date>" with the page URL. The compilation is CC BY 4.0; individual prices belong to the cited providers.