Productive, Durable, Fungible: How NVIDIA AI Factories Maximize Return on Investment

Shruti Koparkar· Oct 1, 2026 · 1:00 PM UTC ·7 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 7 views

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▪Productive, Durable, Fungible: How NVIDIA AI Factories Maximize Return on Investment AI factories generating the strongest returns are the ones built to earn more, last longer and serve more kinds of work.
▪October 1, 2026 by Shruti Koparkar 0 Comments Share Share This Article X Facebook LinkedIn Copy link Link copied!
▪AI factories are built by the megawatt, even by the gigawatt.

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Productive, Durable, Fungible: How NVIDIA AI Factories Maximize Return on Investment AI factories generating the strongest returns are the ones built to earn more, last longer and serve more kinds of work. October 1, 2026 by Shruti Koparkar 0 Comments Share Share This Article X Facebook LinkedIn Copy link Link copied! AI factories are built by the megawatt, even by the gigawatt. Each megawatt factory costs roughly $60 million, and AI factory operators will only commit capital on that scale with a clear view of the return on investment. Three key things shape AI factory returns: Earning capacity: What the factory could earn in a year if it sold every token it can produce. Useful life: How long its AI hardware keeps earning. Demand: How much demand there is for those tokens.

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