TL;DR

• Argyll Data Development (ADD) is delivering the UK's first large-scale AI inference service, fueled by 100% renewable energy, built with SambaNova.
• The platform runs on SambaRack SN40-16, powered by SambaNova's fourth-generation SN40 Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU), at an average of 10 kW per rack.
• Hosted in a secure location in Scotland and built with containerized pods, data and models are processed within the UK and do not cross the border.
• The service is designed for UK GDPR compliance and serves current open-weight models, including OpenAI's gpt-oss and DeepSeek.

Background

AI sovereignty moved from policy debate to procurement requirement. UK enterprises and public sector bodies now need to know where their inference runs, which law governs it, and who could compel access to it. Running frontier AI on foreign cloud infrastructure means surrendering data control and compliance posture in a single decision.

Argyll Data Development (ADD) set out to remove that trade-off for British organizations: A domestic inference cloud that keeps data and models inside UK borders, runs on renewable power, and still gives developers access to current frontier open-source models.

Challenge: Sovereign Inference on Renewable Power

Argyll's build had to satisfy several requirements at once.

• Data residency that survives audit. Inference has to happen inside the UK, under UK GDPR, with no cross-border processing to explain.
• Renewable energy end-to-end. The service was committed to 100% renewable power, so the underlying hardware had to be energy efficient enough to make that economically viable.
• Speed to service. Sovereign capacity had to stand up inside existing facilities rather than waiting on new construction.

Solution: SambaRack SN40-16

Argyll standardized on the SambaRack SN40-16, built on SambaNova's fourth-generation RDU, on a fully managed deployment model.

10 kW Per Rack

A SambaRack SN40-16 runs large models at an average of 10 kW. That efficiency is what makes a 100% renewable inference service practical rather than aspirational, and it lets Argyll add capacity inside existing facilities.

Containerized Pods in Scotland

The platform is hosted in a secure location in Scotland and built with containerized pods. Data and models are processed within the UK, so nothing crosses the border, and the deployment is aligned to UK data protection requirements.

Current Open-Source Models

Argyll serves current open-weight models, including OpenAI's gpt-oss and DeepSeek. Developers get frontier open source, and Argyll absorbs the compliance and infrastructure work rather than passing it downstream.

Why Argyll Data Development Chose SambaNova

1. Energy efficiency. An average of 10 kW per rack makes a 100% renewable inference service economically viable.
2. Jurisdictional control. Data and models are processed within the UK, under UK GDPR.
3. Managed delivery. Argyll brings sovereign inference to market without operating the platform itself.
4. Open-source breadth. Current open-weight models, including gpt-oss and DeepSeek.

What Comes Next

Argyll Data Development is taking waitlist registrations ahead of service opening. The pattern is set: sovereign inference, hosted in Scotland, powered by renewable energy, and kept inside UK borders. Read more on sovereign AI and national autonomy, or talk to our team about a sovereign deployment in your region.