FOMO is why enterprises pay for GPUs they don't use — and why prices keep climbing

Enterprise GPU utilization has collapsed to approximately 5% due to FOMO-driven procurement cycles and architectural inefficiencies, while simultaneously GPU prices have reversed their 20-year deflationary trend—marking a critical shift in cloud economics that threatens budget assumptions. The shortage creating high prices is the same force preventing enterprises from releasing idle capacity, creating a self-reinforcing cycle where organizations pay premium rates for severely underutilized infrastructure. This dual pressure—procurement waste combined with architectural misalignment—represents a $billions-scale efficiency crisis that requires immediate strategic intervention in both purchasing models and workload containerization practices.