Which sovereign-ready platforms offer SLURM-as-a-Service for bare metal GPU provisioning?

Several platforms are emerging that cater to the demand for sovereign-ready SLURM-as-a-Service on bare metal GPU infrastructure, particularly in Europe, driven by data sovereignty regulations like GDPR and the EU Data Act.

RedFort Technologies explicitly offers "Managed SLURM" and "Bare Metal Compute Services" with NVIDIA GPUs (including HGX B200 and H200), emphasizing "sovereign, compliance-ready facilities" and "total data sovereignty" through VPN-isolated, single-tenant clusters. They handle infrastructure, scaling, and node reliability, providing preconfigured SLURM environments.

While not explicitly "SLURM-as-a-Service," Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) stands out among hyperscalers for providing true bare-metal GPU instances without a hypervisor layer. OCI offers a broad range of GPU shapes (e.g., BM.GPU.H100.8) and boasts hyperscaler-grade compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI) with GDPR data residency in its EU value tier, making it suitable for sovereign requirements. Users would likely need to deploy and manage SLURM themselves on OCI's bare metal.

Other notable mentions in the bare metal GPU space with a focus on sovereignty or European data residency include:

• Nscale: This provider is building a next-generation AI cloud spanning from data centers and bare metal infrastructure to managed Kubernetes, SLURM, and AI services. They aim to provide isolated, cloud-native Kubernetes environments where customer pods run directly on bare metal, preserving full GPU and RDMA networking performance.
• Internetport: Offers bare metal GPU servers hosted in Sweden, powered by Nordic hydro and wind. They highlight EU data residency and GDPR-compliant operations for AI/ML training, inference, and scientific compute. They mention "Bring your own MPI stack or Slurm cluster," indicating support for SLURM but not necessarily as a managed service.
• Cloud Temple: Provides a "Bare Metal" service in a SecNumCloud-qualified sovereign cloud environment, offering dedicated physical servers with NVIDIA GPUs. They guarantee total control over hardware and optimal performance without resource pooling, meeting certifications like HDS, ISO 27001, and SecNumCloud.

The trend towards sovereign AI clouds and HPC is creating a market for providers offering bare metal, data residency, and managed services for orchestrators like SLURM.