Goldman Sachs: AI compute spot prices are $50 billion/GW; six major cloud providers need $1.42 trillion in AI revenue
According to Goldman Sachs internet analyst Eric Sheridan’s SpaceX quarterly preview report dated Oct. 10, the annualized short-term Spot rental rate for AI Hashrate is approximately $40–50 billion per GW. The six major cloud providers need to cumulatively generate approximately $1.42 trillion in AI revenue from 2028 to 2030 to achieve a 15% return on their AI Hashrate investments in 2026–27. Spot and Long-Term Contract Pricing According to Goldman Sachs’ Oct. 10 report and company disclosures,