Beyond.pl announces the launch of a sovereign AI Factory at its 100 MW data center campus in Poznań. The company is one of the first in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) market to commercially offer a comprehensive platform supporting the development of artificial intelligence, including AI as a Service (AIaaS), GPU as a Service (GPUaaS), NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, data centers, infrastructure, and managed services.
Beyond.pl is owned by the private, international investment house Kulczyk Investments.
Implementing AI to support transformation and build competitive advantage requires rapid access to modern, powerful computing power on demand. To meet this demand, Beyond.pl and Pure Storage, a pioneer in the IT industry providing the world's most advanced data storage technologies and services, have entered into a binding cooperation agreement. Under this agreement, they will provide access to sovereign infrastructure and next-generation software services to facilitate the implementation of AI solutions in cooperation with NVIDIA.
PaaS Offering – The First Step Towards Sovereign AI
The new Beyond.pl offer is based on NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD – AI supercomputer infrastructure and software. NVIDIA Blackwell architecture and NVIDIA DGX B200 cards, connected and scaled using NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand network, are able to handle diverse workloads, making them ideal for technology pioneers building, testing and scaling AI-based innovations.
This is the first offering of its kind in the CEE market based on NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with DGX B200 systems and Pure Storage Flashblade, consolidated and scalable file and object storage. By launching NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD on the Beyond.pl campus, enterprises gain access to the scale and performance needed to power the next wave of AI projects, both in training and inference.
To accelerate AI adoption, Beyond.pl offers access to NVIDIA AI Enterprise – a cloud-native software platform that simplifies the development and implementation of AI-based solutions. NVIDIA NIM, part of NVIDIA AI Enterprise, is a set of easy-to-use microservices that optimize model performance, provide security, support, and stability, and facilitate the transition from prototype to production. Ready-to-use tools, libraries, and frameworks accelerate AI implementation, improve operational efficiency, increase productivity, and enable faster time to results.
“We are investing in state-of-the-art infrastructure and software that delivers enormous computing power so that companies that drive innovation in Poland and the CEE region, while maintaining control over data and intellectual property, can simultaneously scale their innovations competitively worldwide, without any restrictions. Investing in AI is key to the growth of our economy and competing with international players,” said Wojciech Stramski, CEO of Beyond.pl.
“Bringing NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, the world’s most advanced AI supercomputer, to Beyond.pl addresses a key challenge of lack of access to sovereign, high-performance computing power, further democratizing access to AI.”
To ensure the best possible multidimensional performance, Beyond.pl has entered into a partnership with Pure Storage. Pure Storage delivers FlashBlade//S500 – consolidated and scalable file and object storage certified for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. The Pure Storage FlashBlade solution, implemented together with DGX SuperPOD and connected via NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet, enables simultaneous processing of multiple data streams, reducing data loading times and accelerating the entire process of model training and inference tasks. Customers can develop AI projects faster using efficient, flexible, reliable
and energy-efficient data storage platform that is prepared for the growing needs of artificial intelligence in the future.
“We are thrilled to support Beyond.pl and its customers across the CEE region. Our partnership provides enterprises with access to solutions that will streamline AI projects by leveraging validated and proven tools that address complex customer needs. Pure Storage's capabilities, its experience in scaling AI solutions for customers, and SuperPOD's seamless integration with FlashBlade make us perfectly positioned to support Beyond.pl's AI Factory. We look forward to continuing to work with NVIDIA and Beyond.pl on this exciting new venture,” – commented Omar Akar, RVP, METCA region, Pure Storage.
Beyond.pl's comprehensive offering is also a great solution for companies that want to properly plan their AI transformation investments. The service enables precise matching of computing power to the needs of AI workloads, which ensures an optimal level of investment in GPU infrastructure and eliminates the need to build and maintain your own data centers to support the purchased GPU infrastructure.
Beyond.pl GPU infrastructure and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software are physically located on the Beyond.pl data center campus in Poznań. The services offered are compliant with standards for sovereign data management and European Union regulations, including the AI Act, GDPR, and NIS2 directive. Data used to train AI models and for inference purposes remain under the full control of the client to minimize the risk of unauthorized access to critical data.
AI Sovereign Factory at Beyond.pl
This is the first stage of a larger project aimed at building a large-scale, sovereign AI Factory on the Beyond.pl data center campus. The company plans to use its data center infrastructure, offering optimal data transfer time, renewable energy, and high energy efficiency to colocate the most efficient NVIDIA computing platforms. Beyond.pl is ready to provide GPU colocation up to 140 kW per rack on its campus, which has a contracted power of up to 100 MW.
“AI factories are the engine of a new industrial revolution, enabling governments and enterprises to produce intelligence at scale never seen before,” said Carlo Ruiz, vice president, Enterprise Solutions at NVIDIA. “Beyond.pl, powered by NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, is bringing groundbreaking AI supercomputing capabilities to Central and Eastern Europe, offering innovators a sovereign, high-performance infrastructure that accelerates breakthrough discoveries and powers the region’s global AI ambitions.”
Beyond.pl is the first data center operator in Central Europe to announce full readiness for safe and sustainable colocation of IT infrastructure compliant with the technological requirements of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company is ready to colocate NVIDIA computing platforms and provide high-density infrastructure solutions tailored to individual customer needs.
Strong foundations for building a next-generation AI Factory
Beyond.pl is the owner and operator of a data center campus with a target capacity of 150 MW characterized by a mix of security levels (from 3+ to 4). The campus is located in Poznań, strategically located halfway between Berlin and Warsaw. The geographical location ensures optimal, secure and fully redundant data transfer time to many European cities, such as Berlin and Warsaw (4 ms), Prague (7 ms), Frankfurt (11 ms), Amsterdam (16 ms) and London (24 ms) in both directions.
Data Center 2 is the only data center in the European Union that has the highest level of security confirmed by two entities: ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 4 certification and EN 50600 Class 4 standard for active chambers. In addition, since its launch in 2016, it has been characterized by 100% continuity of services.
Beyond.pl data centers are also the first in Poland to be powered entirely by renewable energy confirmed by certificates of origin. Data Center 2 is also characterized by high energy efficiency (PUE 1.2) and low water consumption (WUE), which places it among the most low-emission facilities in Europe. The company has also started cooperation with Veolia Energia Poznań – a local heating network – on a project aimed at recovering waste heat with a capacity of about 30 MW in the first phase of the project. The partnership is the first heat recovery initiative in Poland between companies of this type.
Access to the ecosystem of competences
The company has been providing IT services for almost 20 years and is a partner of many global providers. Beyond.pl customers gain access to a wide range of managed services (Managed OS, Managed Cloud, Managed Network, Managed Kubernetes and others), which are implemented by over 80 highly qualified technical experts supporting companies in designing, launching and maintaining infrastructure for AI environments. Beyond.pl is owned by a private, international investment house Kulczyk Investments.
