Nebius

Nebius is a specialized, high-performance cloud platform designed for AI explorers, researchers, and developers. As an NVIDIA Reference Platform Cloud Partner, Nebius delivers an infrastructure optimized from the ground up for demanding AI and Machine Learning workloads. The company operates its own sustainable, power-efficient data centers, such as the facility in Finland which houses the ISEG supercomputer, ensuring both top-tier performance and cost-effectiveness. Nebius's mission is to provide accessible, scalable, and secure ML solutions, supported by an in-house AI R&D team that continuously refines the platform based on real-world practitioner needs.

How to use Nebius

Getting started with Nebius is a streamlined process designed for efficiency:

1. Sign Up & Configure: Create an account on the Nebius platform. Manage access and security settings through the Identity and Access Management (IAM) service.
2. Choose Your Infrastructure: Select from a wide range of the latest AI-optimized NVIDIA GPUs, including the H100, H200, and B200, or pre-order the next-generation GB200 NVL72.
3. Orchestrate Your Environment: Use Nebius's Managed Service for Kubernetes® or Slurm-based clusters to create and scale your environment. The platform's flexible architecture allows you to scale seamlessly from a single GPU to a massive cluster of thousands.
4. Leverage Managed Services: Accelerate your workflow by deploying fully managed services like MLflow for ML lifecycle management, PostgreSQL for databases, or Apache Spark™ for data processing with zero maintenance effort.
5. Manage as Code or via UI: Automate your infrastructure deployment and management using the provided Terraform provider, API, and CLI. Alternatively, use the intuitive and user-friendly web console for manual control.
6. Utilize AI Studio: Access the integrated Nebius AI Studio for a suite of powerful tools, including services for model inference, fine-tuning, AI image generation, and asynchronous batch processing.
7. Get Expert Support: For any challenges or complex deployments, leverage the free 24/7 expert support and dedicated assistance from solution architects.

Core Features of Nebius

• Latest NVIDIA GPUs: Direct access to a powerful lineup of NVIDIA accelerators, including L40s, H100, H200, B200, and early access to the GB200 NVL72.
• High-Performance Networking: Features high-speed InfiniBand networking with up to 3.2Tbit/s per host, crucial for efficient multi-node model training.
• Massively Scalable Clusters: Orchestrate and manage thousands of GPUs in a single, cohesive cluster using Managed Kubernetes® or the Slurm-based Managed Soperator.
• Fully Managed Services: Offers reliable, zero-maintenance deployments of essential tools like MLflow, PostgreSQL, Apache Spark™, and more.
• Nebius AI Studio: An integrated suite to run, fine-tune, and deploy AI models, including image generation and large-scale batch inference.
• Developer-Centric Experience: Provides robust tools for infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, API, CLI) alongside an intuitive web console.
• Enterprise-Grade Security: Implements uncompromising security with end-to-end encryption, smart access management, and a secure-by-design infrastructure.
• Sustainable & Efficient Data Centers: Operates its own data centers with in-house designed servers and racks, optimized for free cooling and exceptional power usage efficiency (PUE).

Use Cases for Nebius

Nebius is built to handle a wide array of computationally intensive tasks:

• Large-Scale Model Training: Ideal for training foundational models and large language models (LLMs) that require massive parallel processing across thousands of GPUs.
• High-Throughput Inference: Deploy and scale models for demanding real-time or batch inference applications, ensuring low latency and high availability.
• AI Agent Development: A perfect environment for building, testing, and deploying production-grade AI agents using popular frameworks like CrewAI, LangChain, and ADK.
• Scientific & Biotech Research: Powers advanced research in fields like genome analysis, quantum chemistry, and drug discovery, with support for specialized software like NVIDIA BioNeMo.
• High-Performance Computing (HPC): Run complex scientific simulations, data analysis, and other traditional HPC workloads using familiar tools like Slurm.

Advantages of Nebius

Nebius offers several key advantages over general-purpose cloud providers:

• Optimized Performance: The entire stack, from hardware to software, is engineered and tested for peak AI workload efficiency, validated by top-tier MLPerf® Training benchmark results.
• Superior Cost-Effectiveness: By optimizing every layer and operating its own efficient data centers, Nebius provides substantial customer value and highly competitive pricing for GPU resources.
• Seamless Scalability: The platform's flexible architecture supports growth from single-GPU experiments to supercomputer-scale projects without re-architecting.
• Deep AI Expertise: As an NVIDIA Reference Platform Partner with an active in-house AI R&D team, Nebius offers a platform built by AI experts for AI experts.
• Uncompromising Security & Reliability: Users can trust their most valuable AI workloads to a platform with enterprise-grade security and robust, reliable infrastructure.

Pricing and Plans

Nebius offers a transparent, pay-per-hour pricing model for its GPU resources. The pricing is highly competitive and designed to provide excellent value. Indicative hourly rates are:

• NVIDIA H100 GPU: From $2.00 per hour
• NVIDIA H200 GPU: From $2.30 per hour
• NVIDIA B200 GPU: From $3.00 per hour

These prices do not include any applicable taxes, such as VAT. For users with large-scale needs, Nebius offers improved cost savings on commitments of hundreds of GPU units for at least three months. Prospective customers are encouraged to contact the sales team for a personalized offer tailored to their specific requirements. Pre-orders are also open for the next-generation NVIDIA GB200 NVL72.