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Named customers skew toward inference-heavy AI product companies (Magnific, ExpressVPN confidential compute) and robotics foundation-model work (1X), rather than hyperscaler overflow.\\n\\nVerda publishes on-demand hourly rates directly, an unusually transparent posture for the neocloud tier: H100 at $3.25 per hour, H200 at $4.00, B200 at $6.11, and GB300 at $8.62 on-demand, with spot pricing at roughly half. 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