# Compute Leasing **Entity class:** Infrastructure-finance model **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / Compute economics **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Compute leasing gives organizations time-bounded access to accelerators or complete AI systems without requiring outright ownership. ## Mechanism and significance Leasing lowers entry barriers and improves utilization while exposing users to supplier concentration, price volatility, data-governance constraints, and renewal risk. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Model Architecture and Compute Economics|Model Architecture and Compute Economics]] - **Primary fields:** [[Machine Intelligence]] · [[AI Infrastructure]] · [[Compute Race]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Land-Power-Shell Data Center]] · [[Machine-Intelligence Demand]] · [[Compute Ownership]] · [[Hyperscale Resource Allocation]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.