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title: "Chapter 12, claim 5, the first fleet reading, rent, due 31 December 2027 · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2027-28
description: "Chapter 12, claim 5, the first fleet reading, rent: due 31 December 2027. The 2023–24 H100 fleets re-contracting at $2.25 a GPU-hour or more weakens the claim."
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# Chapter 12, claim 5, the first fleet reading, rent

Due 31 December 2027

**The test.** The 2023–24 H100 fleets re-contracting at $2.25 a GPU-hour or more weakens the claim. Term rent below $1.50 is the named channel opening.

a mixed or partial reading On the sound side: $2.80 in July 2026, the midpoint of $2.40 to $3.20, a range wholly above the $2.25 line, July being the last month in the index’s data when this book archived it on 1 September 2026. In March 2026 the midpoint was $2.35. The index gives no single point for any month, only the middle half of its prices.

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**Falls due:** 31 December 2027

**Read on:** The one-year contract index, on the midpoint rule

**Chapter:** [Chapter 12 — Cross-Examination](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-12)The book’s own thesis put on trial: five claims, each scored against the record and given a dated test that could prove it wrong.

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