Productive, Durable, Fungible: How NVIDIA AI Factories Maximize Return on Investment
$60M per megawatt. NVIDIA's new framework for AI factory ROI changes how enterprises budget the buildout.
Why it matters
NVIDIA frames AI factory economics around three levers—earning capacity, durability, and fungibility—providing operators a structured approach to capital allocation at scale. This is strategic guidance for enterprises planning multi-megawatt deployments, not a product launch or breakthrough.
The key facts
9 to knowAI factories cost roughly $60M per megawatt
Three ROI drivers: earning capacity, durability, fungibility
Megawatt and gigawatt scale deployments
Published October 1, 2026
AI factories built by the megawatt to gigawatt scale
Each megawatt factory costs approximately $60 million
Three ROI drivers: earning capacity (annual revenue), durability (capital lifetime), and fungibility (asset reusability)
Operators only commit capital at megawatt scale with clear ROI visibility
Vendor-authored framework, not independent benchmarking or deployment data
Go to the source
NVIDIA Blogblogs.nvidia.com
Publisher excerpt: AI factories are built by the megawatt, even by the gigawatt. Each megawatt factory costs roughly $60 million, and AI factory operators will only commit capital on that scale with a clear view of the return on investment. Three key things shape AI factory returns: Earning capacity: What the factory…