The 4 Major Corporate Fears About AI [and How Arkane Crushes Them]

Artificial intelligence is reshaping business models, but it also brings a series of very real fears for enterprises: technological obsolescence, uncontrollable scalability, dependency on American giants, deployment complexity… All these barriers slow down large-scale AI adoption.

Yet a French company, Arkane Cloud, emerges as the pragmatic and sovereign answer to these anxieties. With cutting-edge infrastructure in Lyon and Paris, including a 2,000 GPU cluster, powered by 4 MW and liquid-cooled — Arkane Cloud isn’t just selling computing power: it’s selling technological peace of mind.

The Terror of Technological Obsolescence

The problem: With hardware refresh cycles of 16 to 20 months at NVIDIA, who dares invest without trembling?

Arkane’s solution: An intelligent multi-generational ecosystem. Latest Blackwell chips for cutting-edge inference or massive training, A100s for scientific computing and HPC: each generation finds its place. Result? A smooth transition, without waste or obsolescence stress.

The Anxiety of Unpredictable Scalability

The problem: How to handle viral demand spikes without exploding your cloud budget?

Arkane’s answer: A real-time auto-scaling system that dynamically provisions GPUs based on usage… then releases them as soon as demand drops. No more unnecessary fixed costs. It’s scalability without surcharges or surveillance.

The AI Deployment Nightmare

The problem: Deploying an open-source model remains a time-consuming and technical task.

Arkane’s approach: Direct integration with Hugging Face, ready-to-use API endpoints… deploying a model becomes as simple as a click. From infrastructure to production, without friction.

The Fear of Hyperscaler Dependency

The problem: Being locked into a single hyperscaler provider is risky.

Arkane’s promise: A sovereign European alternative, but agile. No massive deployments across 30 datacenters, but the ability to react quickly, closest to client needs, with local and personalized support. Freedom, without compromising on performance.

Vision 2025-2026: Arkane Cloud Will No Longer Just Sell GPUs

Arkane’s objective is clear: become a full-stack AI partner, offering managed services that handle the entire AI chain — data storage, inference, training and monitoring. The company partners with players like Vastdata or DDN for storage and already plans for the arrival of Rubin chips by 2026.

Inference: The Real Engine of Tomorrow

While model training was the battlefield a few years ago, today inference dominates: chatbots, recommendation engines, productivity tools. Arkane Cloud knows this and adapts its infrastructure primarily to this new need.

A Solid Model in an Uncertain Market

Facing the well-known “chicken or egg” dilemma — no clients without infrastructure, no infrastructure without customers — Arkane Cloud relies on a direct relationship with NVIDIA and servers manufacturers, giving a flexible structure that allows it to adjust its model project by project. Even failure management is automated, with replacement server provisioning that guarantees near-perfect service continuity.

A French Success Story in the AI Revolution

By attracting 60 to 70% American clients for their European deployments, Arkane Cloud proves that a French company can play in the big leagues. Thanks to a winning combination: cutting-edge infrastructure, digital sovereignty, intelligent scalability, and ease of use.

For all companies that fear the AI adventure, Arkane Cloud doesn’t just provide servers. It provides peace of mind.

During the month of June, our CEO, Julien Gauthier, was invited by Megaport to meet Michael Reid, the CEO of this company in Paris. They discussed innovation, digital infrastructure, AI and GPU as a service, as well as how Arkane Cloud came to be.

Follow the link to watch the full interview from Uplink studio: GPU Powerhouse: Scaling an AI Cloud in the Heart of Europe

Follow the link to listen the full podcast: GPU Powerhouse: Scaling an AI Cloud in the Heart of Europe – Uplink: AI, Data Center, and Cloud Innovation Podcast