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The Inference Tax: How Prefix-Aware Routing Eliminates the Hidden Cost of LLMs at Scale

vLLM prefix caching and prefix-aware KV cache routing eliminate redundant LLM prefill costs at scale. Learn how DigitalOcean Serverless Inference reduces GPU compute waste by up to 4x on the same hardware.

By Piyush SrivastavaDigitalOcean Blog
The Inference Tax: How Prefix-Aware Routing Eliminates the Hidden Cost of LLMs at Scale

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Originally published by DigitalOcean Blog on Jun 1, 2026.

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