Hetzner at some point used to offer dedicated servers with GPUs like a nVidia 1080 but stopped offering these because there was a lot of fraud and abuse involving crypto miners.

With all the AI hype I'd assume they'll try to offer GPU instances again with precautions put in place.

They are still available in the server auction section

Yes but what a reader unfamiliar with the server auction at Hetzner should know is that there is very limited supply (and sometimes none) plus it's outdated hardware. At this very moment I see 9 servers with 1080 priced between 105 and 118 euro per month available.

One of the chat support people told me that they were going to do that pretty soon. Haven't seen anything though.

When was this? This one really interests me.

A couple of months ago. They seemed to suggest a launch was imminent, as in "wait around a couple of weeks, rent GPUs just like everything else". But I haven't seen it since, so kinda odd.