GreenNode

GreenNode positions itself as a comprehensive, one-stop suite designed to facilitate the entire AI journey for businesses, from startups to large enterprises. Built upon cutting-edge NVIDIA® GPU technology, it provides a robust, AI-ready infrastructure and a suite of applications aimed at simplifying and accelerating AI development and deployment. The platform is particularly focused on delivering high-performance computing power, offering access to highly sought-after resources like the NVIDIA HGX H100 GPUs, which are often difficult for smaller companies to procure. With data centers strategically located across Southeast Asia (including Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia), GreenNode offers a regional advantage combined with world-class technology.

How to use GreenNode

Getting started with GreenNode's powerful GPU instances is a straightforward process designed for efficiency:

1. Sign Up or Log In: Create a new account on the GreenNode platform or log in to your existing one.
2. Navigate to Instances: Once logged in, go to the instance management section of the dashboard.
3. Select a GPU Flavor: Browse the available GPU instance configurations. You can tailor instances by selecting the number of GPUs, vCPUs, RAM, and storage to precisely match your AI workload requirements.
4. Add to Cart and Checkout: After choosing the desired configuration, add it to your cart and proceed to the checkout page.
5. Complete Payment: GreenNode operates on a prepaid model. You can complete the payment using flexible options like a credit card (Visa, Mastercard) or a bank transfer.
6. Access Your Instance: Upon successful payment, you will receive confirmation and all the necessary access details for your new GPU instance, allowing you to begin your AI tasks immediately.

For custom configurations, orders exceeding 8 GPUs, or multi-node clusters with Infiniband networking, GreenNode encourages users to contact their sales department for a personalized consultation.

Core Features of GreenNode

• High-Performance GPU Cloud: Provides on-demand access to top-tier NVIDIA GPUs, including the powerful HGX H100 SXM5, optimized for compute-intensive AI tasks.
• Scalable Infrastructure: Allows for rapid scaling of GPU resources, from single instances to complex multi-node clusters, ensuring that your infrastructure grows with your needs.
• Premium Networking: Deploys a high-performance, non-blocking Infiniband network, professionally set up by Nvidia, to maximize network throughput and minimize latency for distributed training.
• High-Performance Storage: Features a cloud storage infrastructure designed specifically for AI workflows, ensuring fast and responsive data access for ingestion, training, and inference.
• AI Lab Support: Offers expert services from GreenNode's AI Lab, helping businesses with model training, fine-tuning, and optimization, allowing them to focus on their core AI applications.
• Full-Stack AI Solutions: Provides a complete ecosystem from bare-metal GPUs to a managed ML Platform and AI-as-a-Service (e.g., GenAI ChatBot, OCR), reducing complexity and egress costs between multiple cloud providers.
• Security and Compliance: Adheres to leading industry standards like ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018, and PCI-DSS, with a commitment to achieving SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Use Cases for GreenNode

GreenNode's platform is versatile and supports a wide range of demanding AI applications:

• AI Startups: Companies like MultiOn leverage GreenNode to gain instant, affordable access to H100 GPUs for continuous model fine-tuning and product enhancement.
• Generative AI: Used by applications like SongGen.AI for music generation, where the platform's expert support and powerful infrastructure helped halve model training time.
• Natural Language Processing: Supports fine-tuning of large language models like Whisper Large V3 for specific languages (e.g., Thai and Vietnamese), improving voice AI accuracy in local markets.
• Robotics and Automation: Enables major robotics companies to train and fine-tune large-scale LLMs to power the next generation of AI-driven service robots.
• High-Performance Computing (HPC): Ideal for academic and commercial research requiring distributed training across multiple nodes, managed efficiently through services like the Managed Slurm Cluster.

Advantages of GreenNode

GreenNode offers several key advantages over traditional cloud providers:

• Cost-Effectiveness: Clients can potentially reduce costs by up to 75% due to GreenNode's unique cost structure and efficient resource utilization, offering more affordable access to H100 GPUs.
• Superior Performance: The infrastructure is optimized for speed, delivering up to 30X faster performance for compute-intensive tasks compared to non-specialized solutions.
• Expert Technical Support: The in-house AI engineering team provides deep expertise, especially in multi-node setups, significantly accelerating development cycles for clients.
• Flexibility: Offers customizable instances and flexible payment terms, which are crucial for startups and enterprises managing cash flow.
• One-Stop Solution: By providing a full stack of services, GreenNode eliminates the need for multiple vendors, simplifying infrastructure management and avoiding costly data transfer fees.

Pricing and Plans

GreenNode offers flexible, pay-per-hour pricing with significant discounts for long-term commitments. The model is prepaid.

• NVIDIA HGX H100 Instances:
  • 1x H100 GPU (16 vCPU, 250GB RAM): $3.75/hour (On-Demand) or $2.99/hour (1-Year Commitment)
  • 2x H100 GPUs (32 vCPU, 500GB RAM): $7.50/hour (On-Demand) or $5.98/hour (1-Year Commitment)
  • 4x H100 GPUs (64 vCPU, 1000GB RAM): $15.00/hour (On-Demand) or $11.96/hour (1-Year Commitment)
  • 8x H100 GPUs (128 vCPU, 2000GB RAM): $30.00/hour (On-Demand) or $23.92/hour (1-Year Commitment)
• Networking Add-ons:
  • 10Mbps Bandwidth: $60/month
  • Public IP Address: $6/IP/month
• Storage Add-ons:
  • High-Performance File System Storage: $0.06 per GB/month

Discounts are available for long-term commitments and upfront prepayments. For detailed quotes, customers are advised to contact the sales team.