2026 GLRI Benchmark Data

NVIDIA B100 Lease Rates

Normalized pricing indices for NVIDIA B100 clusters, tracking the dislocation between Hyperscale and Tier 2 Cloud pricing.

Updated: 2026-05-17Cadence: weeklySource: Sample fallback
Summary142 Data Sources

What is the lease rate for NVIDIA B100 in 2026?

The average lease benchmark for NVIDIA B100 is $1.15 / GPU-hour, with lower-quartile pricing near $0.80 / GPU-hour and upper-quartile pricing near $1.50 / GPU-hour.

Key Data Points

  • Spot Rate Low: $0.80 / GPU-hour
  • Hyperscale High: $1.50 / GPU-hour
  • Monthly Reserve: $713.57 / GPU-month
  • Trend: Bearish (Blackwell Impact)
Tier 2 Cloud (Spot)
$0.80 /GPU-hour
Lowest Verified Market Rate
GLRI AVG
Market Benchmark
$1.15 /GPU-hour
Hyperscale (On-Demand)
$1.50 /GPU-hour
"Legacy Premium" Detected

The "Legacy Premium" Analysis

Current data indicates a Price Dispersion of 88% for NVIDIA B100. While Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) maintain rates near $1.50 / GPU-hour due to enterprise service layers, specialized "Neoclouds" are offering identical silicon near $0.80 / GPU-hour to fill capacity.

Regional Variance: Availability Zones

RegionCluster LatencyPower Cost BasisAvg. Rate
US-East (Virginia)~20ms$0.08/kWh$1.27
US-Central (Ohio/Texas)~35ms$0.05/kWh$1.09
EU-West (London)~15ms$0.18/kWh$1.44

For inference workloads not requiring sub-millisecond latency, aiming for **US-Central** availability zones can yield a net cost reduction of 15% purely on lease rate arbitrage.

Critical Market Intelligence

The 'Pricing Vacuum' Report

  • Why NVIDIA B100 pricing is crashing 40% faster than A100s.
  • The 'Shadow Banking' loops keeping Hyperscale rates high.
  • Full list of Tier 2 providers with immediate availability.

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