Blue Label Telecom – COMMit

Created revenue earning opportunity for An African Telecom Giant to offer GPU-as-a-Service to customers in South Africa

Context

An African Telecom Giant has identified a ‘First Mover’ opportunity by providing GPU-as-a-service for corporate customers in South Africa
Their existing data centers with large network and connectivity, could be leveraged to disrupt the market

Approach

Set up a number of small GPU clusters in data centers across South Africa, which could be offered on a ‘Pay-Per-Use’ model to customers
These clusters were kept flexible enough to allow further scalability and customization options as per customer requirements

Solution

Set up multiple clusters with a total of 650 servers, housing 5200 GPUs
While storage and Infinitiband networks are running at 400Mbps
While keeping option to configure small networks to offer inferencing

Outcome

80%+ capacity sold out by client within 6 months of launch
Effective ROI of 50% with full payback in 2 years (at current run-rate)
80% market share of GPU-as-a-Service in South Africa captured by client, due to first mover advantage

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