AI infrastructure that runs in production, not just in demos.
We build, stabilize, and operate the platform foundations that enterprise AI workloads depend on. GPU-enabled Kubernetes. Multi-site resilience. Operational discipline that scales. When your AI initiatives move from experiment to executive accountability, we make it work.
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Why Choose THNKBIG for AI Infrastructure
THNKBIG is a US-based AI infrastructure consultancy with deep expertise in GPU-enabled Kubernetes platforms for enterprise machine learning workloads.
Our team has built and operated AI infrastructure for Fortune 500 companies across Texas and California, from GPU clusters in Austin and Houston to multi-region deployments spanning San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Dallas data centers. We understand that AI infrastructure requires fundamentally different operational practices than traditional application hosting.
Platform Foundations for ML Teams
Our AI infrastructure consulting services focus on what ML teams depend on but rarely build well:
- GPU scheduling and bin-packing
- Model serving infrastructure with KServe or Triton
- MLOps pipeline orchestration
- Cost governance for expensive GPU resources
We help organizations move from expensive always-on GPU instances to intelligent scheduling that maximizes utilization while minimizing waste — so GPU cost tracks actual usage rather than provisioned capacity, often a substantial reduction once scheduling is tuned.
Bridging Data Science and Platform Operations
Organizations choose THNKBIG for AI infrastructure because we bridge the gap between data science teams and platform operations. Your ML engineers focus on model development while we handle the Kubernetes complexity underneath.
Our engagements include:
- Comprehensive observability for GPU workloads
- Automated scaling based on inference demand
- Operational runbooks your team can follow independently
Building AI infrastructure that survives contact with production
The Production Gap
The gap between AI demos and production AI systems is not about model quality - it is about infrastructure maturity. Data scientists build brilliant models in Jupyter notebooks that fail spectacularly when deployed to Kubernetes clusters without proper GPU scheduling, resource isolation, and operational tooling.
Teams discover too late that:
- Model serving requires different patterns than traditional web services
- GPU memory management has unique failure modes
- Training workloads can starve inference services if not properly isolated
Systematic Workload Characterization
Our AI infrastructure methodology addresses these challenges systematically. We start with workload characterization: understanding the resource profiles of your training jobs, the latency requirements of your inference services, and the data pipeline dependencies that connect them.
This analysis informs cluster architecture decisions around node pools, GPU types, storage tiers, and network topology. We design for the workloads you have today while planning for the scale you need tomorrow.
GPU Cost Optimization
GPU cost optimization receives particular attention because GPU compute is expensive and frequently wasted. Most organizations run GPU nodes 24/7 even when training jobs run intermittently.
We implement intelligent scheduling that:
- Consolidates workloads onto fewer nodes during low-utilization periods
- Scales GPU capacity based on queue depth
- Right-sizes instance types based on actual memory and compute requirements
- Uses time-slicing and MIG partitioning on supported hardware
The result is GPU costs that track actual usage rather than provisioned capacity.
Production-Grade Observability
Production AI systems require production-grade observability. We instrument:
- GPU utilization and memory pressure
- Inference latency percentiles
- Model-specific metrics that matter for your use cases
Alert thresholds are calibrated against realistic baselines rather than arbitrary defaults. Runbooks document common failure scenarios and their resolution procedures. Your team gains confidence to operate AI infrastructure independently.
High-impact starting points
AI Infrastructure Readiness Assessment
2-4 weeks
Best for VPs planning AI initiatives
Kubernetes Platform Stabilization
4-8 weeks
Best for VPs with fragile K8s
On-Demand Platform & SRE Operations
Ongoing
Best for teams stretched thin
Most AI initiatives fail at the infrastructure layer. The model works in the notebook. The demo impresses leadership. Then it hits production. GPU scheduling conflicts. Storage bottlenecks. No observability. No failover plan. Cost overruns that make the CFO nervous and the CTO accountable.
Meanwhile, the Kubernetes platform that was supposed to be the foundation is struggling under workloads it wasn't designed for. The internal team is capable but stretched. The vendor who set it up is gone. And leadership wants to know why the AI roadmap is six months behind.
We've seen this across Fortune 500 energy companies, defense contractors, financial services firms, and healthcare systems. The gap is always the same: the distance between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. That's where we work.
How we work
A proven methodology for stabilizing complex platforms.
Assess & Stabilize
Review architecture, incident history, cost, and team capacity — and stabilize what is fragile
Build & Harden
Design and build the target-state platform with SLOs, security hardening, and GitOps
Operate & Transfer
Validate against agreed metrics, then hand over runbooks and knowledge — your team owns it
A reference AI infrastructure platform we've shipped to production
GPU-scheduled Kubernetes, MLOps pipelines, and model serving — architected for cost, compliance, and scale.
Applications & inference APIs
Production apps · inference endpoints
Model serving
KServe orchestrating Triton · vLLM · TGI
GPU-scheduled Kubernetes
NVIDIA GPU Operator · MIG · time-slicing · bin-packing
GPU nodes & storage
H100 · A100 · L40S · high-throughput storage
MLOps & Registry
Kubeflow Pipelines · Argo Workflows · MLflow registry
The build path: pipelines orchestrate training and evaluation; the model registry versions models before promotion to serving.
Observability
DCGM · Prometheus · Grafana
GPU utilization, memory pressure, and inference latency tracked in real time.
AI infrastructure in production
Real GPU platform engagements, from bare-metal buildouts to rapid production deployments.
Real result · Series C AI platform
$340K
per month saved
94%
GPU utilization (was 40%)
100%
cost visibility
2 wks
to first savings
$1.2M/mo GPU spend at 40% utilization → right-sized with Kubecost, GPU bin-packing, and spot for training jobs. Outcomes vary by environment; full details & client references on request.
On-Prem AI Cluster Buildout
GPU-scheduled Kubernetes on bare metal for an organization with data sovereignty requirements.
Read the full case study → Rapid DeploymentSix-Week AI Rapid Strike
From assessment to production AI infrastructure in six weeks — GPU scheduling, model serving, and observability shipped fast.
Read the full case study →Why companies trust us with production systems
Infrastructure before ambition
Build foundations that let AI teams move fast
Operational discipline, not demos
Runbooks, observability, incident response
Enterprise realism
Compliance, cost pressure, organizational friction
Outcomes, not tools
Reliable platforms, not GPU/cloud sales
Production GPU platforms
On-prem, hybrid, or cloud
GPU-scheduled Kubernetes, model serving, observability
GovCloud IL-5 delivery
Defense & regulated
FedRAMP / IL-5 environment experience
You own the platform
GitOps + handover
Runbooks and knowledge transfer, no lock-in
Technology Partners
Related Reading
Dell Technologies Partnership
PowerEdge bare-metal GPU servers for AI training and inference. Kubernetes on Dell infrastructure.
HPE Partnership
GreenLake for AI, ProLiant GPU servers, and Ezmeral Container Platform for ML workloads.
Running GPU Workloads on Kubernetes
A practical guide to GPU scheduling, node configuration, and AI/ML workload orchestration.
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