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Hetzner is a German cloud provider renowned for exceptionally competitive pricing, offering GPU-Line dedicated servers with NVIDIA H100 NVL and RTX 4000 Ada. Cloud instances (shared and dedicated vCPUs) are available in Germany, Finland, Singapore, and the USA. Hetzner is ISO/IEC 27001 certified, BSI C5 certified, and 99.9% uptime SLA with 24/7 email support. GDPR-compliant with data centers in Germany and Finland. Known for strong price-performance in Europe — significantly cheaper egress than AWS, Azure, and GCP. Founded 1997, 25+ years of reliability.
- Among the lowest GPU prices in Europe
- ISO/IEC 27001 and BSI C5 certified
- GDPR-compliant — Germany and Finland data centers
- Significantly cheaper egress than AWS/Azure/GCP
- 99.9% uptime SLA with 24/7 email support
- Germany, Finland, Singapore, USA locations
- Limited GPU SKU selection vs specialist providers
- No managed ML tooling or MLOps integrations
- Smaller GPU cluster sizes — not suited for very large training runs
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Nscale filed for IPO in September 2026 and is building full-stack AI infrastructure powering the world's most powerful AI systems. Data centers: Glomfjord Norway, Narvik Norway, Loughton UK, Texas US, plus partner-run sites in Sines Portugal, Keflavik Iceland, Stavanger Norway, Oslo Norway, Blönduós Iceland, Hayes UK, North Carolina US, and West Virginia US. Products: Nscale Cloud (managed platform with inference endpoints, fine-tuning, Kubernetes, Slurm, IAM), Nscale Infrastructure (dedicated GPU/CPU, fast networking, storage), Nscale Data Centers (modular, liquid-cooled, low PUE), and Nscale Energy (behind-the-meter power, microgrid islands). Partnerships: Figure (physical AI), Aker ASA, G Squared. UK AI Minister endorsement. Fidji Simo joined board September 2026.
- IPO filing Sept 2026 — rapidly scaling AI infrastructure company
- Data centers in Norway, UK, Texas, Iceland, Portugal — renewable energy focus
- Full-stack: inference, fine-tuning, Kubernetes, Slurm, IAM in one platform
- Figure partnership for physical AI infrastructure
- Modular, liquid-cooled data centers with low PUE
- UK AI Minister endorsement — sovereign AI credentials
- No public self-serve pricing — contact sales required
- Newer provider — ecosystem still maturing
- IPO process may create uncertainty
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Hetzner
Dedicated GPU servers (GPU-Line) — H100 NVL and RTX 4000 Ada — Germany, Finland, Singapore, USA
Nscale
IPO filing Sept 2026 — full-stack AI cloud with data centers in Norway, UK, Texas, and Iceland