Taiga Cloud
European AI cloud of Northern Data AG (now part of Quake AI, RUM Group) selling 8x NVIDIA H100 SXM and H200 SXM capacity as bare metal or on-demand GPU-as-a-service, with managed Kubernetes and Slurm, mostly through sales.
Trust Score v0.1- Company & track record73
- Infrastructure control100
- Pricing & billing transparency45
- Reliability signals0
- Security & compliance47
- Customer signal—
Scored Sep 29, 2026 from the provider's own pages. Dimensions not yet measured are excluded from the denominator. Criteria ↓
Trust Score · 5 of 6 dimensions measuredThe score, criterion by criterion
Each point comes from something the provider publishes, with the page it was read on and the date. Anything not disclosed earns zero.
| Founding year published | not disclosednortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 4 |
| Headquarters published | Northern Data AGnortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 3 / 3 |
| Legal entity named | Northern Data AGnortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Funding or ownership disclosed | Rumble closed its acquisition of Northern Data AG on 17 June 2026 and owns about 85.2% of its shares; the parent is now RUM Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RUM), which combines Northern Data and Rumble Cloud as Quake AI. Northern Data shares are being delisted (Munich Stock Exchange timeline, 25 June 2026).northerndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Capacity model published | operates or rents dedicated capacitynortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 10 / 10 |
| Regions published | 6 regions or countriesnortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 5 / 5 |
| Public prices without an account | yes (read on the pricing page)northerndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 5 / 5 |
| Billing granularity published | per minutenortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Egress policy published | not disclosednortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 4 |
| Stopped-instance billing published | not disclosednortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 4 |
| Public IPv4 policy published | not published (public IP address listed under 'Other services' without price)northerndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 3 |
| Status page | not disclosednortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 6 |
| SLA published | not disclosednortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 6 |
| SLA with a numeric uptime commitment | not disclosednortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 3 |
| Uptime history published | not disclosednortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 5 |
| Observed availability (30 days) | not measured yet | — |
| SOC 2 | not disclosednortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 8 |
| ISO 27001 | ISO/IEC 27001 certificate listed in the Northern Data trust center (file dated 2026-04-10)northerndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| HIPAA or GDPR DPA | Trust center lists the control 'Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) in Place' and publishes a subprocessor listnortherndata.de · Sep 29, 2026 | 3 / 3 |
| Aggregated public reviews | not collected yet | — |
Prices by GPU · 2 GPU types with a current offerWhat Taiga Cloud charges, against the market
Cheapest current on-demand true cost here, next to the market median for the same GPU. Negative means cheaper than the market.
| GPU | Cheapest here | Market median | vs market | Current offers | Modes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H100 | $2.70 | $3.17 | −15% | 1 | on-demand | H100 prices |
| H200 | $3.20 | $4.76 | −33% | 1 | on-demand | H200 prices |
All offers · 8 readings on fileEvery Taiga Cloud offer, with its receipt
Current offers (last 45 days) ranked by true cost, all rental modes, each with its read date. Older readings stay listed below, in grey.
| GPU | Configuration | Mode | Region | Stock | List | True cost | Read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H100SXM | 8× H100 SXM | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $2.70 | $2.70 | 21:35 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| H200SXM | 8× H200 SXM | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $3.20 | $3.20 | 21:35 UTCfresh | Receipt |
True cost & billing · read Sep 29, 2026What the hourly price does not say
Billing granularity, minimums, what a stopped machine costs, traffic, addresses, deposits and identity checks, as published by the provider.
Billing
- Billing granularity
- per minute
- Minimum charge
- not published
- Stopped instance
- not published
- Egress
- not published
- Public IPv4
- not published (public IP address listed under 'Other services' without price)
- Billing model
- not published
- Minimum deposit
- not published
- Free credits
- not published
Account
- Payment
- crypto (not published)
- Sign-up
- email, company
- Identity check
- not published
- Support
- contact form, email, phone
- Enterprise support
- not published
- SLA
- not published
- Status page
- not published
- Published uptime
- not published
Infrastructure
- Regions
6 named regions in 4 countries
Chester (H200 SXM) (United Kingdom) · London (H100 SXM) (United Kingdom) · Sines (H100 SXM) (Portugal) · Boden (H100 SXM) (Sweden) · Kristiansand (H100 SXM) (Norway) · Lefdal (H100) (Norway)- Countries
- United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Norway
- Platform
- persistent volumes, snapshots, bare metalTerraform: officialKubernetes: managedInterconnect: 400 Gb InfiniBand (Boden); 3.2 Tb/s rail-optimized fabric for clusters (Quake AI page)Clusters: Managed Kubernetes and Slurm (Soperator) clusters; multi-node clusters reserved through sales
- Storage
- network · not published (contact sales) · Shared filesystem SSD (VAST), network disk SSD low latency, network disk SSD standard, snapshots and customer image storage are listed without prices.object · not published (unit GiB/month, price cell empty) · VAST S3-compatible object storage.
- Migration out
- Workloads run on standard Kubernetes, Slurm and VAST S3-compatible object storage, so data can be exported through S3 tools and containers redeployed elsewhere; no export or egress terms are published.
Security & compliance
- SOC 2
- not published
- ISO 27001
- ISO/IEC 27001 certificate listed in the Northern Data trust center (file dated 2026-04-10)
- HIPAA
- not published
- GDPR / DPA
- Trust center lists the control 'Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) in Place' and publishes a subprocessor list
- Other
- Positioned as a sovereign European AI cloud; no further certifications published
- Legal entity
- Northern Data AG
- Funding
- Rumble closed its acquisition of Northern Data AG on 17 June 2026 and owns about 85.2% of its shares; the parent is now RUM Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RUM), which combines Northern Data and Rumble Cloud as Quake AI. Northern Data shares are being delisted (Munich Stock Exchange timeline, 25 June 2026).
Assessment · documents read Sep 29, 2026Taiga Cloud, in short
What stood out when we read the documents: strengths, weaknesses, who it suits, and what we could not find.
Strengths
- Public per-GPU-hour prices for 8x H100 SXM (from 2.60 USD) and H200 SXM (from 3.00 USD bare metal, 3.20 USD on-demand)
- European GPU sites in the UK, Portugal, Sweden and Norway, with an ISO 27001 certificate and subprocessor list in a public trust center
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm (Soperator), VAST shared and S3 storage, Terraform support and NVIDIA AI Enterprise licences on one platform
- Large estate: Rumble states roughly 22,000 NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPUs at closing, about 85% utilised in March 2026
Weaknesses
- Only two GPU models (H100 SXM, H200 SXM), both priced as 8-GPU units; no single-GPU configuration published
- All GPU prices are 'from' prices; storage, IP, support, Kubernetes and platform subscription prices are not published
- Every 'Get started' and 'Deploy' button on the Taiga pages resolves to a sales contact form; no public sign-up link or documentation found
- No published SLA, status page, payment methods or API/CLI documentation
- Ownership and brand in transition (Northern Data into Quake AI under RUM Group, delisting, CEO and CFO changes May-June 2026)
Ideal for
- European companies that need whole 8x H100 or H200 nodes or managed Slurm/Kubernetes clusters from an EU-headquartered provider and accept a sales-led process
Not published
- Payment methods, prepaid or postpaid, minimum deposit: not published on any Taiga, Northern Data or Quake AI page read
- Sign-up and identity verification: the product page claims a 'self-registered platform' but no sign-up URL was found
- only the sales form (email, company, name) is documented. Quake AI sign-up (email plus validation email) is documented for the former Rumble Cloud portal, not for Taiga GPU capacity
- Actual price above the 'from' level, VAT treatment and any commitment for bare metal: not published
- Storage, egress, public IP, Kubernetes and support-level prices: not published
- SLA, status page, API and CLI documentation: not published
- Stopped-instance billing and minimum charge: not published
- Founding year of Northern Data AG: not read on an official page today
Observations
Pricing page shows USD per GPU-hour without an account, but every GPU price is prefixed 'from'
Two GPU tables ('Bare metal GPU/h' and 'On-demand GPU/h') list the same two models; the on-demand table leaves the CPU column blank
vCPU instances are priced per hour and per 730-hour month (big.mini 0.65 USD/h or 474.55 USD/month; big.2large 1.25; big.4xl 2.90)
Storage, object storage, support, software and other services rows have no price, only a 'Contact sales' button
No currency toggle, VAT note, billing explanation or payment information on the pricing page
All call-to-action buttons on the product page ('Deploy now', 'Start now in London', 'Get started') lead to the contact form
The Taiga product page carries the banner 'Northern Data is now part of Quake AI. Your account, services, and billing are unchanged.'
GPU counts differ across official pages: 16,400 (Taiga page), 24,000 (Quake AI page), roughly 22,000 (Rumble closing release)
Pages read
- northerndata.de/taiga-cloud-ai-pricing — GPU prices, vCPU prices, storage and service list
- northerndata.de/taiga-cloud-by-northern-data-group — per-minute billing, self-service claim, managed K8s/Slurm, Terraform, GPU locations, Quake AI banner
- quake.ai/products/ai-solutions/ — GPU regions by GPU type, 400 Gb InfiniBand, 24,000 GPUs
- quake.ai/ — Rumble Cloud rebrand, H100/H200 clusters, 3.2 Tb/s fabric
- quake.ai/get-started/ — Quake AI sign-up flow (email, validation
- trust.underdefense.com/northerndatade — ISO 27001, DPA control, subprocessors
- northerndata.de/legal/imprint — legal name, address, boards
- rum.group/blog/rumble-closes-acquisition-of-northern-data/ — ownership, GPU count, utilisation
- northerndata.de/investor-relations — delisting and management changes
- northerndata.de/contact-us/taiga-cloud-by-northern-data-group — sales form fields
Questions about Taiga Cloud
What GPUs does Taiga Cloud offer?
Taiga Cloud has 2 GPU types with a fresh offer today, for example H100 from $2.70, H200 from $3.20 per GPU-hour on-demand. The full list with prices and market medians is on this page.
How does Taiga Cloud bill?
Billing granularity: per minute.
How trustworthy is Taiga Cloud?
Its Trust Score is 49/100 (v0.1), read from its own documents. Strong on infrastructure control. Weaker on pricing & billing transparency, reliability signals, security & compliance. The score measures transparency and published guarantees, not customer satisfaction; every criterion and its source is listed above.
Where are Taiga Cloud's data centres?
6 named regions in 4 countries: United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Norway.
How do you pay Taiga Cloud, and are there credits?
Payment by crypto. No sign-up credit is published.