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Enterprise AI Infrastructure, Built on NVIDIA

From sizing your first GPU cluster to running it in production — Layots Technologies designs, supplies, deploys, and manages NVIDIA DGX and HGX systems, NVIDIA AI Enterprise with NIM, GPU cloud, and RTX virtual workstations.

NVIDIA Solutions at a Glance

Typical deployment
6–10 weeks to first production workload
Rack power range
10–14 kW air-cooled, 40 kW+ liquid-cooled
Buy vs. rent breakeven
~60–70% sustained GPU utilisation
Delivery model
On-premises, cloud, or hybrid

Most GPU Projects Stall Before They Reach Production

Buying GPUs is the easy part. The projects that fail do so because nobody owned the power envelope, the interconnect, the licensing, or the day-two operations.

Power and cooling gaps

A rack specified for 6 kW cannot host a GPU node drawing 12 kW. The problem surfaces after delivery, when it is expensive to fix.

Idle, unscheduled GPUs

Without quotas and scheduling, a handful of teams monopolise the cluster while measured utilisation sits under 30 percent.

No path to production

Models are trained in notebooks and never reach a governed, monitored inference endpoint the business can rely on.

Our NVIDIA Capabilities

Four connected practice areas that take you from GPU selection through to governed production AI.

DGX & GPU Infrastructure

Factory-integrated DGX systems and custom HGX builds, racked, cabled, and validated as production AI infrastructure.

  • DGX, HGX, and OEM GPU server specification and supply
  • NVLink, NVSwitch, InfiniBand, and Spectrum-X fabric design
  • Power, cooling, and floor-loading assessment before purchase
  • Rack, stack, burn-in, and acceptance testing

NVIDIA AI Enterprise & NIM

The licensed software layer that turns raw GPUs into a governed, supported AI platform with production inference endpoints.

  • NVIDIA AI Enterprise licensing, deployment, and lifecycle
  • NIM inference microservices for private model endpoints
  • Base Command and Run:ai style scheduling and quotas
  • MLOps pipelines, model registry, and GPU observability

GPU Cloud & Hybrid

Burst to cloud GPUs when demand spikes, keep steady-state training on owned hardware, and control the spend across both.

  • GPU capacity on Azure, AWS, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • Hybrid burst architecture with consistent tooling
  • Reserved versus on-demand modelling and commitment planning
  • GPU FinOps: utilisation tracking, right-sizing, idle reclamation

vGPU & Virtual Workstations

RTX vWS and Omniverse-ready virtual desktops that give designers and engineers workstation-class graphics from anywhere.

  • RTX vWS profile sizing for CAD, CAE, BIM, and DCC workloads
  • Hypervisor integration with VMware, Citrix, and Azure
  • Omniverse and digital twin workstation enablement
  • vGPU licence management and entitlement tracking

On-Premises GPUs vs. GPU Cloud: How to Choose

The right answer depends on utilisation, data residency, and how predictable your workload is.

FactorOn-Premises (DGX / HGX)GPU Cloud
Best whenSustained utilisation above 60–70%Bursty, experimental, or short-lived workloads
Cost shapeCapital expenditure, lower cost per GPU-hour at scaleOperating expenditure, no upfront outlay
Time to start6–20 weeks including procurementMinutes to hours
Data residencyFull control; data never leaves your facilityDepends on region and provider controls
Scaling limitBounded by power, cooling, and floor spaceBounded by quota and availability

Layots models the breakeven point against your actual workload profile before you commit capital.

What You Gain with Layots

Higher GPU utilisation

Scheduling, quotas, and observability that lift measured utilisation instead of adding more hardware.

Predictable GPU spend

FinOps discipline applied to GPUs: right-sizing, commitment planning, and idle reclamation.

Data stays yours

Private model endpoints via NIM so inference traffic never leaves your environment.

Faster time to value

Validated reference architectures cut the distance between purchase order and first production workload.

Our Delivery Lifecycle

One accountable team from workload assessment through to day-two operations.

01

Assess

Workload profiling, GPU sizing, power and cooling survey, and a build-versus-rent cost model.

02

Design

Reference architecture covering compute, fabric, storage, software licensing, and security controls.

03

Deploy

Supply, rack, cable, and validate. Cluster and software stack handed over against an acceptance test plan.

04

Operate

Monitoring, scheduling, patching, capacity planning, and GPU FinOps under an agreed SLA.

NVIDIA Solutions: Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers to what enterprise teams ask us before starting a GPU project.

What is NVIDIA AI Enterprise?
NVIDIA AI Enterprise is an end-to-end, cloud-native software suite for building and running AI workloads. It bundles frameworks, pretrained models, and NIM inference microservices with enterprise support, and it is licensed per GPU. Layots deploys and manages it on-premises, in the cloud, and in hybrid environments.
What is the difference between NVIDIA DGX and a standard GPU server?
A DGX system is a factory-integrated AI appliance: NVIDIA specifies the GPUs, NVLink and NVSwitch interconnect, networking, and software stack as one validated unit. A standard GPU server is assembled from third-party components and tuned by the integrator. DGX reduces deployment risk and time to first training run; a custom HGX build usually costs less per GPU and offers more configuration freedom.
How long does an enterprise GPU cluster deployment take?
For a rack-scale deployment where power and cooling already exist, Layots typically delivers in 6 to 10 weeks from purchase order to first production workload. Projects that need electrical upgrades, liquid cooling, or new data centre space usually run 12 to 20 weeks. Hardware lead times are the most common cause of delay.
Should we buy GPUs on-premises or rent GPU cloud capacity?
Buy on-premises when GPU utilisation is sustained above roughly 60 to 70 percent, when data residency rules restrict where data can be processed, or when you run continuous training. Use GPU cloud for bursty, experimental, or short-lived workloads and for proof of concept work. Most enterprises land on a hybrid split, and Layots models the breakeven point before you commit capital.
How much power and cooling does a GPU cluster need?
Modern GPU nodes draw far more power than traditional servers: an air-cooled 8-GPU node typically needs 10 to 14 kW per rack unit group, and dense HGX or GB-class racks can exceed 40 kW and require direct liquid cooling. Layots runs a power, cooling, and floor-loading assessment before any hardware is ordered.
What is NVIDIA NIM?
NVIDIA NIM is a set of containerised inference microservices that package optimised models behind standard APIs. NIM shortens the path from a trained model to a production endpoint, and is included with NVIDIA AI Enterprise. Layots uses NIM to stand up private, in-house model endpoints that keep inference data inside the customer environment.
Can NVIDIA vGPU support CAD and engineering workstations?
Yes. NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (RTX vWS) delivers certified GPU acceleration to virtual desktops, so CAD, CAE, BIM, and design teams can work on remote workstations without local hardware. Layots sizes the profiles, deploys the hosts, and manages licensing.
Is Layots Technologies an NVIDIA partner?
Layots Technologies operates as a solution provider that specifies, supplies, deploys, and manages NVIDIA-based infrastructure for enterprise customers. We work alongside NVIDIA OEM and distribution channels to source hardware and licensing, and we provide the design, integration, and ongoing managed services around it.

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