Opex is faster. Login, click, SSH, get a tea.
Capex needs work. A couple of years, at least.
If you are willing to put in the work. Your mundane computer is always better than the shiny one you don't own.
Capex needs work. A couple of years, at least.
If you are willing to put in the work. Your mundane computer is always better than the shiny one you don't own.
Of course creating a VM is still a teraform commit away (you're not using clickops in prod surely)
If you want a custom server, one or a thousand, it's at least a couple of weeks.
If you want a powerful GPU server, that's rack + power + cooling (and a significant lead time). A respectable GPU server means ~2KW of power dissipation and considerable heat.
If you want a datacenter of any size, now that's a year at least from breaking ground to power-on.