Engineering

Custom infrastructure for workloads that do not fit the hyperscaler price list.

Hybrid layouts, turnkey racks, and bare-metal builds. We design, deploy, and operate the parts of your infrastructure that the public cloud cannot price honestly.

Stack & specs
  • colocation · hybrid · bare metal
  • turnkey racks · documented BOM · operated handoff
  • AS54098 transit · cross-connects · IPv4 and IPv6
What it is

Customized Infrastructure Solutions, in plain terms.

Hybrid layouts, turnkey racks, and bare-metal builds for workloads that don't fit the hyperscaler price list. We start from your actual cost and performance picture — egress bills, GPU hours, database IO — and design the smallest, plainest infrastructure that fixes the problem.

Most engagements blend a colocation footprint with selective cloud use: heavy or predictable workloads on metal we deploy and operate, bursty or low-volume workloads where the cloud is still the right tool. We do the math out loud, with real numbers, and we leave a written architecture your CFO and your CTO can both read.

Because we run AS54098 and operate our own racks, we can deliver a turnkey result — design, procurement, install, IP transit, and ongoing operations — under one accountable team. When the build is done, you have documented assets, a clean handoff package, and the option to keep us on the rotation or run it yourselves.

When you'd want this

Common triggers for this engagement.

  • 01Cloud spend has outgrown the value the cloud is delivering and you need an honest comparison
  • 02You have a workload (data, GPU, latency-sensitive) that the hyperscaler price list does not flatter
  • 03You are opening or refreshing a colocation footprint and want a single team to own design through operations
  • 04You are running a hybrid stack today and the seams between cloud and colo are causing real outages
How we engage
01
Discovery call
30 min, this week
You'll talk to an engineer, not an SDR. We read the bills, look at the diagrams, ask the unfashionable questions.
02
Scoped proposal
Within 5 business days
Honest scope, fixed price or T&M, named engineers. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you who is.
03
Engagement kickoff
2–4 weeks typical
Embedded with your team. The same people who write the design are the ones on the bridge.
Frequently asked

Questions teams ask before signing.

Is this a private cloud product?

No. We do not sell a packaged private cloud. We design the infrastructure that fits your workload, which is sometimes a small private cloud, often plain bare metal, and frequently a hybrid with selective public cloud use.

Can you operate the infrastructure after you build it?

Yes. We can run the environment under our 24/7 NOC, share operations with your team, or hand it off entirely with documentation. Most clients start shared and graduate to internal ownership over time.

Will you give us an honest cloud-versus-colo comparison?

Yes, with real numbers from your bills and your usage. If the public cloud is the right answer for a workload we will say so, even when it is not the work we get paid to deploy.

Related services

Frequently scoped alongside this work.

Custom Server Deployments

Bare-metal spec, procurement, and deployment for GPU clusters, storage servers, and edge appliances. We have shipped from a single 1U through 40U-plus buildouts.

Data Center Colocation

Carrier-neutral colocation with the network already terminated. Tier III facilities, HIPAA-ready environments, and an engineer to point at the cage.

Cloud Consulting

Multi-cloud, hybrid, P2V migrations, and cloud-to-cloud network architecture. We tell you which one your stack actually needs — and which one to walk away from.

IP Transit (BGP)

Full BGP transit on AS54098 with direct peering at Hurricane Electric and transit through GTT into the rest of the Tier-1 fabric. Bring your own ASN and prefixes — we handle the policy and the on-call.

Talk to an engineer

Scoped honestly, priced in conversation.

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Or call (571) 451-2300 · Mon–Fri, 9–6 ET