maybe being in China gives them advantage of electricity cost, which could be big chunk of bill..
Also, LLM prices include all other capital expenditures: building/maintaining datacenter, paying salary to SWEs, fees to financial transactions (investments) middlemen, which could be much cheaper in China.
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Also, LLM prices include all other capital expenditures: building/maintaining datacenter, paying salary to SWEs, fees to financial transactions (investments) middlemen, which could be much cheaper in China.