Cloud Computing Rental Conversation

Good morning. I'd like to rent some compute, please.

Certainly, sir. What would you like?

Eight H100s for a week.

Ah,

I'm afraid we're fresh out of H100s, sir.

Never mind. B200s?

There's a waitlist, sir. 18 months.

A100s?

All reserved by a very large chatbot, sir.

Excuse me. Would you mind not playing that?

Sorry.

TPUs?

Internal use only, sir.

Any GPU at all?

We've a lovely T4, sir, in a region you've never heard of.

Is it available?

With a three-year commitment, sir.

Have you got any compute at all?

Yes, sir.

Really?

No.

Then why do you call it a cloud?

Because it's always just over the horizon, sir.

Right. I'll build my own data center.

Very good, sir.

Mind the power bill.