[CoreWeave Extends NVIDIA A100 Leasing Contract to 2029] According to Deep Tide TechFlow on August 13, as reported by Business Insider, AI cloud service company CoreWeave announced that it has recently signed a leasing contract for NVIDIA A100 GPUs, extending until 2029, with the production capacity of older-generation chips being 'virtually sold out.' This development indicates that the A100, launched in 2020, still holds commercial demand nearly nine years after its release, reflecting that the economic lifespan of AI chips may be significantly longer than the previously feared 2 to 3 years. The article notes that older GPUs can continue to handle inference and other tasks with lower computational requirements, while warranty replacement mechanisms also help extend the overall lifecycle of the equipment. Against the backdrop of Wall Street's continued investment in AI infrastructure, this signal helps alleviate market concerns about the depreciation pressure of related capital expenditures.