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AI computing infrastructure, sourced to order
AI computing infrastructure is one of our main categories. This page covers the sourcing service for it — not a stocked range.
A sourcing brief, not a shelf
AI infrastructure requests arrive as configurations: accelerator counts, host platforms, high-speed interconnect and the storage behind them. The desk treats these as sourcing briefs — send the configuration and the quantity, and the reply prices what can be supplied against that brief, line by line.
The networking around AI clusters is the part of this category that overlaps the desk's deepest lines: high-density switching, optics and structured power. Those lines can be quoted from the data centre pages today; accelerator hardware itself is priced per brief.
An AI infrastructure brief should state
- Accelerator type and count per node, if the design fixes them
- Node count and the interconnect the design assumes
- Storage and networking already chosen, or still open
- Delivery site and project timeline in general terms
The brief is the deliverable
AI infrastructure has no shelf to point at: accelerator generations move quickly, host platforms differ, and the right configuration depends on the workload the cluster will run. What this desk sells into that reality is a disciplined sourcing process — your configuration brief is priced line by line, with unavailable lines flagged rather than substituted silently.
A useful brief separates the fixed from the open: the accelerator class the workload needs, the node count the budget allows, and the parts of the design still open to proposal. Open parts are quoted as proposals and labelled as such, so the project's own architects make the final call with prices attached.
Common questions
Is AI hardware held in stock?
This category is handled as sourcing to order against a configuration brief, not as a stocked range.
Can the cluster networking be quoted now?
Yes — switching, optics and power for the cluster are standard lines on the data centre pages.
Can you quote just the cluster networking?
Yes — switching, optics, storage and power for an AI build are standard data centre lines here, quoted without the accelerator lines if those are sourced separately.