EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware

Re:EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware by witten on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @02:21AM (#15805234)

Accounting question: Might this qualify as a capital expense? If you squint hard enough?

For context, AWS is coy (at least publicly) about the existing dedicated instances and CapEx vs. OpEx.

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Re:EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware by _msw_ on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @03:01AM (#15805366)

The information found here should help your finance team or accountants determine how best to classify your expenses: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/dedicated-hosts/faqs/#Should_I_Co...

Since EC2 Bare Metal instances will use the same pricing models as all other EC2 instances (on demand, reserved instances, dedicated host, spot), the same information is relevant.

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Re:EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware by KaiserPro on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @06:03AM (#15805984)

For the UK its always opex. As you never own the instance, you are hiring it as a service.

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