The AI industry is expanding rapidly and reshaping the way we innovate and interact with technology. Advancements in GPU, edge compute, and connectivity fuel this change, converging to create exciting opportunities for AI applications. Zenlayer is at the heart of this perfect storm, uniquely positioned to empower AI developers across diverse sectors.

As companies rush to build up their compute capabilities to keep up with the AI race, the importance of high-performance connectivity cannot be overlooked, underpinning everything in AI development from autonomous vehicles to personalized recommendations and text, image, and video generation.

In today’s AI-driven landscape, robust network infrastructure is essential to overcome challenges like interoperability, latency, and scalability. Below, we’ll dive into top infrastructural challenges AI companies face today, and how our integrated AI solutions can help your business overcome them to stay ahead of the curve.

Top infrastructural challenges in AI development

• Integration and interoperability difficulties: AI companies often need to integrate diverse data sources and systems to ensure model efficiency and performance. Inability to integrate effectively creates data silos that slow model development.
• High latency and unreliable connectivity: AI applications, especially ones that process and inference in real time, are highly sensitive to network latency and unreliable connectivity. Latency delays data in transmission, resulting in poor response times and user experiences.
• Hindered scalability and performance: As the industry rebounds from the pandemic-era chip shortage, the explosion of global AI application development is creating skyrocketing demand for high-performance GPUs. Difficulty sourcing cards and high costs can lead to developmental bottlenecks.

Overcoming AI infrastructural challenges is easy with Zenlayer

We offer infrastructure solutions designed to meet the diverse needs of AI sectors, ensuring seamless support for every segment from data providers and aggregators to companies that deliver AI services to end-users.

Here’s a brief overview of how Zenlayer’s solutions can empower AI companies:

• AI application developers: Real-time inference is critical for AI applications to ensure rapid and reliable delivery of results for efficient development, necessitating both high availability and low latency — features of our advanced global network.
• Large model developers: Companies working on large AI models require high-performance networking for large-volume AI data transfers and powerful GPUs like the NVIDIA A100 and H100 cards we offer to enable complex training and development.
• Data providers and aggregators: these entities need secure multi-cloud connectivity to integrate and process data from various sources seamlessly, benefiting greatly from our direct connections to all major public clouds worldwide.
• End-user companies: High-quality local IP transit and a low latency network are essential for enterprises developing their in-house AI models, which we can provide across all major global regions, including difficult-to-reach locations.

Simplify integration and interoperability with turnkey AI data center services

Our suite of managed data center services can help ensure integration and interoperability to optimize your operational efficiency. This includes consultancy services like cost assessment, where our experts evaluate your data center needs to identify areas for cost optimization without compromising performance or reliability. Our proactive maintenance services guarantee that your equipment runs smoothly, minimizing downtime and improving service stability. And as your AI workload data grows, we can help with flexible backup options and space-scaling recommendations so that your infrastructure is equipped to adapt to rising demands.

We also offer the following support services for all aspects of data center management across 300+ globally distributed edge nodes:

• Hardware purchase, transport, and delivery
• Site selection guidance
• Customs clearance assistance
• Deployment and configuration support
• Equipment and network monitoring
• Dedicated on-site technical support

 
Additionally, we provide quick and easy connectivity to clouds, on-premises equipment, and other data centers at your hosting location to ensure seamless integration and operations.

Cut latency and boost connectivity with a hyperconnected fabric for AI

Zenlayer’s proprietary fabric for AI features a hyperconnected global private network with ultra-low latency that’s designed to meet the rigid demands of AI. Our advanced network infrastructure dynamically routes traffic for the most efficient path of delivery, ensuring secure and speedy data transfers.

As AI compute is often hosted in public clouds whereas sensitive data is stored on-premises, maintaining robust connectivity between clouds, data centers, and on premises equipment is a must. Our fabric for AI makes interconnecting global resources simple and secure, helping you establish the ideal setup that best suits your operations.

Leveraging the private global backbone that powers our fabric for AI, you can ensure that your data transfers are secure and free from public network risks like prying eyes and peak-hour disruptions, safeguarding sensitive information and accelerating data flow for enhanced inference and training.

Best of all, you can start building out your AI network with a single multi-purpose port, simplifying connections to all your AI compute clusters worldwide.

Zenlayer’s fabric for AI is a great fit for the following use cases:

• Multimodal learning: These AI models often require a diverse range of data types for training that can include text, images, audio, and video. Our lightning-fast backbone can fast-track aggregation and processing for more efficient learning and development.
• Inference-training feedback: Real-time AI applications depend on rapid data flow between training and inference nodes. Our network’s ultra-low latency accelerates this data flow to enhance real-time performance and availability.
• Reliable access and delivery: User satisfaction is the result of good user experience, which depends on the reliable access and delivery of your AI services. Leveraging our premium IP transit blends and rich ecosystem of local service providers worldwide, you can accelerate end-user visits to inference clusters for faster results and better performance. If your service caters to a global customer base, cross-border user visits can be further enhanced via Global Accelerator for improved flow.

Maximize scalability and performance with cost-effective GPU at the edge

Zenlayer’s edge AI solution brings powerful GPU compute closer to data sources to reduce latency and enhance real-time processing. Businesses can access popular NVIDA GPUs including the 4090 and high-powered cards like the H100 and A100 to achieve the computational power needed for complex AI workloads.

Zenlayer offers flexible and cost-effective GPU pricing:

• 4090 GPUs start at $0.63 per hour with a three-month commitment
• H100 GPUs start at $3.25 per hour with a three-month commitment

 
We employ a quarterly billing model rather than the two- to three-year contracts typically required by other providers so that you can more effectively scale your GPU resources according to real business needs without being locked into long-term commitments.

Additionally, we’ll soon launch on-demand deployment that lets you quickly and easily provision GPU compute around the world via zenConsole, our intuitive self-service portal. This gives you greater agility and scalability to rapidly respond to fluctuating demands and workloads for improved cost alignment and operational efficiency.

Build your AI applications faster and easier with Zenlayer

Zenlayer’s integrated service ecosystem and end-to-end solutions are designed to meet the evolving needs of your AI business, ensuring seamless operations, ultra-low latency connectivity, and high-performance GPU compute to power your AI builds.

Contact a Zenlayer AI expert for today to kickstart your project with a free consultation.