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Deep dives into training, inference, GPU clusters, and how we build Aolani.

The neocloud era: why AI workloads are leaving the hyperscalers

How a new class of GPU-first cloud providers is reshaping where AI gets trained, and what it means for the next wave of model builders.

Apr 15, 2026

Aolani Cloud Team

5 min

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The neocloud era: why AI workloads are leaving the hyperscalers

How a new class of GPU-first cloud providers is reshaping where AI gets trained, and what it means for the next wave of model builders.

Apr 15, 2026

Aolani Cloud Team

5 min

Read Article

The neocloud era: why AI workloads are leaving the hyperscalers

How a new class of GPU-first cloud providers is reshaping where AI gets trained, and what it means for the next wave of model builders.

Apr 15, 2026

Aolani Cloud Team

5 min

Read Article

The data center power crisis is the new GPU shortage

Power, not silicon, is now the binding constraint on AI capacity, and it changes what "available compute" actually means.

Aolani Cloud Team

5 min

The data center power crisis is the new GPU shortage

Power, not silicon, is now the binding constraint on AI capacity, and it changes what "available compute" actually means.

Aolani Cloud Team

5 min

Bare metal vs. virtualized GPUs: the 15-25% tax you're paying for convenience

The performance penalty of virtualization is real, measurable, and concentrated exactly where AI workloads hurt most.

Aolani Cloud Team

6 min

Bare metal vs. virtualized GPUs: the 15-25% tax you're paying for convenience

The performance penalty of virtualization is real, measurable, and concentrated exactly where AI workloads hurt most.

Aolani Cloud Team

6 min

What an H100-hour actually costs, and why neoclouds price 40% lower

A breakdown of where your GPU dollar goes, and the structural reasons hyperscaler pricing carries a permanent premium.

Aolani Cloud Team

4 min

What an H100-hour actually costs, and why neoclouds price 40% lower

A breakdown of where your GPU dollar goes, and the structural reasons hyperscaler pricing carries a permanent premium.

Aolani Cloud Team

4 min

MFU is the only GPU efficiency metric that matters during training

GPU utilization can read 100% while you're getting 20% of the value. Model FLOPs Utilization is how you know the difference.

Aolani Cloud Team

6 min

MFU is the only GPU efficiency metric that matters during training

GPU utilization can read 100% while you're getting 20% of the value. Model FLOPs Utilization is how you know the difference.

Aolani Cloud Team

6 min

InfiniBand vs RoCEv2: the networking decision that defines your training cluster

For tightly-coupled distributed training, the choice of fabric isn't a footnote but the architecture decision that shapes everything downstream.

Aolani Cloud Team

6 min

InfiniBand vs RoCEv2: the networking decision that defines your training cluster

For tightly-coupled distributed training, the choice of fabric isn't a footnote but the architecture decision that shapes everything downstream.

Aolani Cloud Team

6 min

Sovereign AI: why where your GPUs live is now a board-level question

The EU AI Act, the CLOUD Act, and a €12.6 billion European push for sovereign infrastructure have turned data residency into a strategic decision.

Aolani Cloud Team

5 min

Sovereign AI: why where your GPUs live is now a board-level question

The EU AI Act, the CLOUD Act, and a €12.6 billion European push for sovereign infrastructure have turned data residency into a strategic decision.

Aolani Cloud Team

5 min

Scale AI Infrastructure from Chip to Cluster

Access GPU cloud and bare metal compute designed for teams building the next generation of AI in the region.