A debate is raging over the accounting treatment of Nvidia chips and other equipment that tech companies are splurging on. This time, some of the AI companies’ critics may be overreaching ...

5 days ago · According to the Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weil, a heated discussion has erupted over how quickly companies should depreciate the massive fleets of Nvidia GPUs and other AI hardware …

5 days ago · The Accounting Uproar Over How Fast an AI Chip Depreciates (msn.com) 61 Posted by msmash on Monday December 08, 2025 @10:30AM from the creative-bookkeeping dept.

08-Dec-2025 05:30AM, DJ The Accounting Uproar Over How Fast an AI Chip Depreciates -- Heard on the Street -- WSJ By Jonathan Weil

Skeptics have questioned whether tech companies are expensing the cost of their Nvidia GPUs over too long a period. That would tend to boost earnings.

4 days ago · The Accounting Uproar Over How Fast an AI Chip Depreciates Precise answers are elusive for how quickly a company’s AI equipment falls in value.

By Jonathan Weil A debate is raging over the accounting treatment of Nvidia chips and other equipment that tech companies are splurging on. This time, some of the AI companies' critics may be …