SKT (Haein Cluster) vs Verda: Pricing, Specs, Strengths & Weaknesses
Side-by-side comparison of GPU compute pricing, regions, billing models, and strengths for SKT (Haein Cluster) and Verda. Rates sourced from public APIs — verify current availability and billing terms before purchasing.
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Strengths & Best For
SK Telecom's Haein Cluster is a large-scale H100 GPU cluster in South Korea, purpose-built for Korean enterprise AI training and research institution workloads at hyperscale. Telco-grade reliability and Korean data residency make it the premier domestic GPU cloud option for South Korean enterprises with strict data sovereignty requirements. A strong choice for Korean organizations running large-scale LLM training and distributed AI workloads that need to keep data within South Korea.
- Large-scale Korean cluster
- Telco-grade reliability
- Korean enterprise focus
- Primarily South Korea focused — very limited global regions
- Limited English documentation and support
- Small GPU catalog vs global providers
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Verda is a full-stack European AI cloud built for the full AI lifecycle — from rapid prototyping to foundation training and scalable inference. GPU catalog: GB300 SXM6, B300 SXM6, B200 SXM6, H200 SXM5, H100 SXM5, A100 SXM4, RTX PRO 6000, L40S — on-demand and spot. Instant clusters with InfiniBand interconnect up to 144× GPUs self-service. Serverless containers with scale-to-zero. GB300 NVL72 available (NVLink v5). $155M funding (NIB joined July 2026). SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701, GDPR, C5 certified. In-house AI Lab co-engineering with customers (1X World Model, SGLang, vLLM). 99.9% uptime.
- GB300, B300, B200 — competitive Blackwell pricing with spot options
- Spot pricing available across all GPU tiers
- Instant clusters up to 144× GPUs with InfiniBand, self-service
- In-house AI Lab: co-engineering with 1X, SGLang, vLLM
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701, GDPR, C5
- GB300 NVL72 with NVLink v5 available
- Primarily EU regions — limited US/APAC coverage
- Newer provider — smaller ecosystem vs hyperscalers
- Reserved discounts are modest (2–25% off on-demand)
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SKT (Haein Cluster)
Korean telco AI cloud
Verda
GB300, B300, B200, H200 — full-stack EU AI cloud, SOC 2 Type II