Local AI cloud project puts over 400 Nvidia GPUs to work

August 27, 2026 | ericschmidt

South African cloud provider Stratos Lab, AI infrastructure company Ecoblox and data centre operator Digital Parks Africa are partnering to deploy an artificial intelligence (AI) cloud infrastructure platform in South Africa, using more than 400 Nvidia graphic processing units (GPUs).

 

The companies announced the deployment yesterday, saying it will comprise more than 50 Nvidia B300 HGX servers supplied by Giga Computing, a Gigabyte Group company.