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Groq vs. GPUs: The future of AI inference in 2026

Back in 2016, Jonathan Ross founded Groq, the AI chip startup, which went on to enter a non-exclusive licensing agreement with NVIDIA for Groq’s inference technology (as part of a $20 billion deal). The name ‘Groq’ is commonly confused with X (formerly Twitter)’s Grok, which was launched in 2023 as a Gen AI chatbot. As demand for real-time AI continues to grow, inference has become one of the most important and expensive parts of the machine learning lifecycle.

NVIDIA DGX vs. NVIDIA HGX: What is the difference?

While GPUs remain among NVIDIA's flagship products, they also offer a range of other compute products beyond the dedicated graphics cards for which they are known. If you are unfamiliar with the words DGX or HGX, this blog is for you. Throughout this blog, we will cover what these terms mean in practice and when you should be using them.

Introducing hosted control planes on Konstruct

For seven years, I've watched the same pattern. An organization decides it needs a platform and assigns two of its best engineers. They estimate it will take three months, but eighteen months later, they're still integrating ArgoCD with their secrets manager, still debugging Crossplane providers, and still arguing about how to structure the GitOps repo. What’s happened is they’ve built something that works for one team and can't be repeated for a second.

Our key takeaways from NVIDIA GTC 2026

Every year, NVIDIA GTC offers a glimpse into the future of computing. But this year felt different. The conversations from the past few days point to something bigger than faster GPUs or larger models. The industry is shifting its mindset entirely. GTC 2026 made it clear that the goalposts for AI haven't just moved, they’ve been uprooted. We’re past the point of talking about "faster chips." Everything points to a total shift in the industry's DNA.

Introducing FlexCore: Private cloud, zero complexity

Join us for a practical introduction to FlexCore, a fully managed private cloud appliance from Civo that delivers the simplicity and experience of public cloud, directly on your own premises. FlexCore brings managed Kubernetes, compute, storage, networking, databases, and GPU acceleration together in a single, self-contained platform, operated end-to-end by Civo. You provide the space and power; Civo handles everything else.

The next wave of AI: Balancing innovation with sovereignty

This blog is based on the webinar, “AI panel: The next wave of AI technology”. You can watch the full recording by clicking here! The pace of AI innovation is reshaping research, business, and everyday life. However, as breakthroughs in Large Language Models (LLMs) and high-performance computing accelerate, they bring new technical challenges around scale, efficiency, and reliability.

ABI recognises Civo as a global leader in NeoCloud innovation

Civo has been identified by ABI Research as one of the world’s leading NeoCloud providers. The report underscores our focus on cloud and AI infrastructure that blends high performance, technical innovation, and strong sovereignty. Being included in the ABI NeoCloud report validates the work we have done to support modern AI workloads while giving organisations control over where and how their data is handled.

Westminster is waking up to technology sovereignty. The UK must be a maker, not a taker.

Westminster is starting to recognise the importance of technology sovereignty. The recent Westminster Hall debate on technology sovereignty was encouraging to see. For those of us working in the UK technology sector, it felt like an important moment. Conversations about cloud infrastructure, data control and platform dependency have been happening inside the industry for years.

How to choose a secure private cloud provider for your enterprise

Enterprise private cloud procurement tends to generate impressive security documentation. SOC 2 reports, penetration test summaries, ISO 27001 certificates, detailed descriptions of network segmentation and encryption standards. What it doesn't always generate is clarity on the question that actually matters: does this infrastructure make it possible to operate securely at the level your organization requires, given your specific workloads, your regulatory context, and your threat model?

How Techdome accelerates AI-led product delivery with Civo Kubernetes

Accessing cloud infrastructure shouldn’t slow down product innovation. Yet for many engineering teams building AI-driven platforms, traditional hyperscalers often introduce unnecessary complexity, high costs, and slow provisioning cycles. At Civo, we’ve seen a different approach emerge. Our cloud platform enables teams to move faster with Kubernetes, compute, and networking designed for simplicity and speed.

What is an Internal Developer Platform (IDP)?

Over the past year, the term Internal Developer Platform has appeared everywhere in engineering discussions. At first glance, it might sound like another buzzword for a fancy dashboard. But the growing interest reflects a real shift in how organizations manage developer productivity and infrastructure. In this post, we will unpack Internal Developer Platforms (IDP), why they exist, what problem they solve, and whether it is worth considering adopting one.

Why the AI market is shifting

The AI revolution is getting expensive. Ben Norris (AI Engineer at Civo) breaks down a staggering statistic: AI token usage has jumped from 9.8 trillion to 1.3 quadrillion in just under two years—a 130x increase. As businesses scale, the "closed source" premium is becoming a bottleneck. Watch as Ben explains why enterprises are turning toward democratized, open-source AI and smaller vendors like relaxAI to maintain power at a fraction of the cost.