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NOBODY KNOWS WHAT A USED GPU CLUSTER IS WORTH

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GPU collateral has three values, and the market is currently pricing only one of them. Face value is the purpose price minus straight-line depreciation. Liquidation value is what a buyer pays in distress. Going-certain value is what the cluster is worth as a working asset to the next tenant. The spread between face value and going-certain value is the entire risk that nobody has hedged.