South African neocloud provider Stratos Lab, global AI compute infrastructure innovator ECOBLOX, and premier South African data centre Digital Parks Africa officially announced the launch of Africa’s most powerful AI Cloud. Delivering exascale performance (7.2 EFLOPS) for sovereign AI across the continent, the deployment is powered by 50+ NVIDIA B300 HGX GPU servers, over 400 GPUs, supplied by GIGABYTE, an ECOBLOX ecosystem partner.
The launch comes as global AI compute demand accelerates, positioning Africa at a pivotal moment to build sovereign AI capabilities through this landmark strategic partnership and joint deployment.
The collaboration is aimed at setting a new standard for AI cloud infrastructure in Africa, positioning South Africa as a leading hub for sovereign AI computing. By combining expertise in AI infrastructure, cloud orchestration and Tier-3+ data centres, the partnership tackles key challenges such as power capacity, cooling and hardware availability. With 7.2 EFLOPS of computing power, African businesses can access AI services locally with lower latency and reduced costs.
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A Comprehensive Ecosystem for Sovereign AI
The partnership will create a full-stack AI infrastructure ecosystem designed to support high-performance computing (HPC) and enterprise AI workloads across Africa.
ECOBLOX – AI Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions:
As an NVIDIA Preferred Partner, ECOBLOX will handle GPU cluster design, procurement, installation, optimization, and operations. Its cloud software and modular infrastructure will enable faster deployment of AI systems for businesses and cloud providers.
Stratos Lab – High-Performance Computing & Orchestration:
Stratos Lab will manage the AI service layer, providing neocloud platforms, Bare Metal-as-a-Service (BMaaS), GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) and Managed PaaS for AI applications such as model training, inference and AI agents.
Digital Parks Africa – Data Centres & Power Infrastructure:
Digital Parks Africa will provide the Data Centre facilities and reliable power infrastructure needed to safely support high-density AI computing deployments.
Giga Computing – GPU Servers & AI Hardware:
Giga Computing, a GIGABYTE Group company, will supply GPU-focused servers and high-performance computing hardware. With more than 25 years of experience and certifications from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel, the company brings expertise in GPU density, cooling, and efficient AI server deployment.
Stratos Lab CEO Chris Mostert,said, “Deploying Africa’s most advanced AI Cloud powered by NVIDIA B300 GPUs represents a quantum leap for regional innovation. By integrating our specialized GPUaaS orchestration and managed PaaS capabilities with world-class modular AI infrastructure, we are giving African enterprises and developers the raw, high-performance compute power needed to build world-class AI models locally.”
“Solving the AI scaling bottleneck requires a fundamental shift in how compute environments are deployed. As an NVIDIA Preferred Partner and NVIDIA MENA Rising Star award winner, ECOBLOX is proud to contribute our industry leading system integration capabilities, from design and deployment through operations. Together with our AI infrastructure software stack, we are establishing a rapid, scalable and sustainable foundation for sovereign AI.” CEO at ECOBLOX, Doug Makishima, stateted
“Ultra-dense AI workloads demand an unyielding physical foundation, specialized power management, and pristine environmental controls. Digital Parks Africa is proud to provide the carrier-neutral, highly resilient data center facility required to sustain these 50+ NVIDIA B300 clusters, ensuring local data remains secure, accessible, and truly sovereign.” CEO, Digital Parks Africa,Menno Parsons, stated.
“Giga Computing (a GIGABYTE Group company) has always been on the frontier of high-performance GPU compute solutions development, supported by its worldwide technology ecosystem and success stories. We are in a great position to support this strategic alliance with our R&D resources, cost optimization through effective sourcing, and priority production commitment. Every bit of Stratos Lab’s GPU compute power will be capitalized at absolute maximum effort.” Senior Sales Director for Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Giga Computing, Hsueh-Li Wang, satated.
