Bare Metal, AI & Web3 Infrastructure Blog
Guides on dedicated servers, AI infrastructure and Web3 nodes, plus news on new hardware from velia.net.
Eight AMD Instinct MI350P cards in one server, and what they are for
velia.net has ordered a server with eight AMD Instinct MI350P PCIe cards. It suits several AI models side by side, one per card, better than one model spread across all eight.
velia.net at DMEXCO 2026 in Cologne
velia.net is at DMEXCO 2026 on 23 and 24 September at Koelnmesse in Cologne. The 2026 motto is Scaling Intelligence, and scaling intelligence is an infrastructure decision.
velia.net Supports the Fußball Camp 2027 with Lothar Matthäus
Like Lothar Matthäus, velia.net sponsors the Fußball Camp 2027 at ROBINSON Club Daidalos in Rhodes. Our logo is on the young players' jerseys, and CEO Arek Akilli met Lothar Matthäus in person to talk about it.
Amateurfunk Meets Bare Metal: velia.net Sponsors VFDB Chapter Z05
velia.net is sponsoring VFDB chapter Z05 with a dedicated bare-metal server at Telehouse Frankfurt, giving a volunteer-run Amateurfunk network the reliable infrastructure it needs to stay on air.
Institutional Staking Infrastructure: What Allocators Ask Before They Delegate
Institutional staking infrastructure is judged on jurisdiction, tenancy and concentration, not on speed. What allocators ask, why the largest operators split across countries and providers, and where bare metal fits.
The Hypervisor Tax: Why AI Workloads Lose 15 Percent Before They Start
AI workloads lose 10-15% of GPU performance to virtualization overhead. Learn what the hypervisor tax is and why bare metal is faster for AI inference.
Why Frankfurt Is the Best Location for Web3 Infrastructure in Europe
Why Frankfurt is Europe's top location for blockchain nodes, validators, and Web3 infrastructure. DE-CIX peering, GDPR compliance, sub-ms latency.
What a Dedicated Server Costs in 2026
The most searched question in hosting is also the most poorly answered. How much does a dedicated server cost. This post gives you what they do not put on the sticker.
DePIN Cannot Run on Cloud. Here Is Why Bare Metal Is the Only Option
DePIN networks require physical hardware proof. Learn why bare metal servers are the only viable infrastructure for decentralized physical networks in 2026.
What Server Do You Need to Run a Solana Validator in 2026
Complete guide to Solana validator hardware in 2026. CPU, RAM, storage, network specs after Firedancer. Why bare metal beats cloud for validators.