Can AI Compute Become The Next Big Futures Market?
For decades, companies have turned to futures markets to manage uncertainty. Airlines hedge fuel costs. Farmers hedge crops. Manufacturers hedge metals. Now a startup wants
For decades, companies have turned to futures markets to manage uncertainty. Airlines hedge fuel costs. Farmers hedge crops. Manufacturers hedge metals. Now a startup wants to bring that same financial machinery to artificial intelligence. Silicon Data and CME Group are working on futures contracts tied to GPU rental prices, a market that could help firms hedge rising AI infrastructure, cloud computing and data center costs. AI companies spend heavily to rent high-end GPU power for training and running artificial intelligence models, but future compute prices can be hard to predict.
CNBC's Yun Li reports. Chapters 0:00-54:00 Introduction 00:55-03:16 Chapter 1: Computing Costs 03:17-05:27 Chapter 2: Demand 05:28-07:21 Chapter 3: Setting a Benchmark Reporter: Yun Li Produced and Shot by: Charlotte Morabito Camera by: Natalie Rice Edited by: Andrea Miller Animation: Christina Locopo, Alisa Stern Additional Editing: Valentina Duarte, Macklin Fishman Additional Production: Christian Nunley Senior Managing Producer: Shawn Baldwin Additional Footage: Getty Images » Subscribe to CNBC » Subscribe to CNBC TV About CNBC: From 'Wall Street' to 'Main Street' to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered.
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