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Emerging Markets Offer Model Training Savings

Estimated Electric Cost to Train GPT-3 in Emerging Market States

180

18.00

160

16.00

140

14.00

12.98¢

12.74¢

12.20¢

11.75¢

120

12.00

10.82¢

9.36¢

9.36¢

9.27¢

100

10.00

8.45¢

80

8.00

60

6.00

40

4.00

Average Cost of Electricity per KWh (¢)

20

2.00

Estimated Electric Cost to Train GPT-3 ($000's)

$164K

$157K

$151K

$139K

$120K

$120K

$119K

$109K

$167K

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Georgia

Tennessee

Colorado

Arizona

Oregon

Texas

North Carolina

Utah

U.S. Average

Total Electricity Cost to Train GPT-3

Commercial (¢/kWh)

Source: Cushman & Wakefield Research, Statista, FindEnergy, 2023

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