Overview
Aptly is the only Microsoft-trusted supplier authorized to build and support third-party hyperscale datacenters worldwide. With decades of real-world experience, we’ve delivered and operated tens of thousands of GPU nodes, InfiniBand fabrics, and AI-optimized clusters across multiple Azure regions and enterprise data centers.
Through direct partnerships with NVIDIA and Supermicro, Aptly now offers integrated, ready-to-deploy GPU rack solutions — pre-validated, factory-assembled, and tested for performance and reliability. Aptly manages everything beyond the rack: datacenter deployment, networking, power-up, burn-in, and continuous support at hyperscale.
From initial design validation to 24×7 white-glove operations, Aptly ensures your GPU infrastructure performs at peak capacity — always available, always optimized.
Common Challenges
Our End-to-End Delivery
Aptly’s GPU Datacenter Buildout & Support provides full-spectrum lifecycle management — from design validation to operation, at hyperscale.
Rack-Level Integration & Delivery
- In partnership with Supermicro and NVIDIA, Aptly delivers turnkey integrated GPU racks pre-validated and ready for datacenter deployment.
- Each rack undergoes power mapping, structured cabling, airflow optimization, and factory burn-in validation for reliability.
- Integrated racks are NVIDIA-certified and performance-verified with uniform BIOS and firmware baselines.
- Aptly ensures seamless rack acceptance testing and on-site commissioning to bring racks online efficiently.
- Validate datacenter design and rack layout against customer AI workload roadmap, GPU density, and scalability requirements.
- Assess power distribution (PDU), cooling capacity, and thermal zoning for optimal efficiency and PUE.
- Validate network and fabric topology including InfiniBand spine-leaf or RoCE Ethernet designs for redundancy and throughput.
- Review infrastructure readiness and compliance against hyperscale operational and environmental standards.
- Rack Energizing pre-check and safety verification, Power path and PDU verification, initial load staging validation and signoff.
- Deploy and configure InfiniBand, NVLink, and RoCE Ethernet fabrics for high-performance interconnects.
- Conduct port validation, redundancy failover testing, and topology diagnostics to prevent link-down incidents.
- Implement network security — firewalls, VLAN segmentation, zero-trust access, and secure out-of-band management.
- Standardize BIOS, firmware, OS imaging, and driver pipelines with automated provisioning for consistency across nodes.
- Perform thermal, PCIe, and NVLink stress testing on every node and interconnect path.
- Benchmark using NVIDIA Nsight, DCGM, Lambda Benchmark, and MLPerf workloads to certify sustained performance.
- Integrate Aptly’s monitoring agents and telemetry for predictive analytics and fault detection.
- Generate detailed performance and reliability certification reports for production readiness.
- Provide 24×7 white-glove support through Aptly’s Global Operations Centers in North America, Europe, and Asia.
- Deliver continuous monitoring of GPU node health, utilization, and interconnect stability with proactive alerting.
- Perform scheduled firmware, BIOS, and OS upgrades in alignment with NVIDIA and Supermicro release cycles.
- Manage RMA, spare logistics, and performance optimization to maintain uptime and operational efficiency.
- Deliver as-built documentation, configuration baselines, and operational runbooks for customer SRE and IT teams.
- Provide system validation and compliance audits against organizational and hyperscaler standards.
- Offer optional managed operations with defined SLAs, continuous monitoring, and lifecycle support.
- Conduct readiness review and acceptance sign-off to ensure seamless transition to steady-state operations.
