Ian Philpot

Marketing Director at Luxor Technology

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AI Inference vs Training: What's the Difference and Why It Matters

Every AI workload is either training or inference. The distinction drives infrastructure decisions—what hardware you need, where you locate it, and how the economics work.

Ian Philpot
Ian Philpot
AI/HPC
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GPU-as-a-Service: The Business Model Behind AI

GPU-as-a-Service connects AI compute demand with infrastructure supply. Here's how the business model works—from pricing models to what it takes to become a provider.

Ian Philpot
Ian Philpot
AI/HPC
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From ASICs to GPUs: Why the Transition from Mining to AI Is Harder Than You Think

Bitcoin miners are eyeing AI/HPC as the next frontier, but GPU infrastructure isn't mining with different hardware. See what the transition actually requires—and where mining experience helps or hurts.

Ian Philpot
Ian Philpot
AI/HPC

Global Hashrate Heatmap Update: Q1 2026

The latest update to Hashrate Index’s Global Hashrate Heatmap.

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Bitcoin Mining Around the World