Gigabrain

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Sovereign AI cloud in Johannesburg offering dedicated NVIDIA GPUs for AI training, inference and HPC

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About Gigabrain

Gigabrain is a Johannesburg-based, locally owned AI compute provider offering what it calls a sovereign AI cloud. Customers rent dedicated NVIDIA GPU capacity for AI training, inference and high-performance computing, while their data stays within South African jurisdiction.

The company runs modular, solar-powered facilities on infrastructure it owns and bills in rand at a flat rate, with committed capacity running unmetered so budgets stay predictable. It positions the service as meeting global performance benchmarks while keeping African data in-country, targeting businesses and institutions with data residency requirements.

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Frequently asked about Gigabrain

Where is Gigabrain based and when was it founded?
Gigabrain is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and was founded in 2024.
What sector is Gigabrain in?
Gigabrain operates in Artificial Intelligence and Software.