@neil i declare a vested interest in academic HPC ($dayjob), but it's an absolute crap time to try and get any good deals from hardware vendors right now, especially with something as "small" as 36 million. AI speculation trading by the hyperscalers and wannabe hyperscalers has really stung the rest of us who want to do Real Science rather than draw silly pictures:-(
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