USE CASE / RESEARCH

Compute for the run, not the year.

Start large shapes for the analysis, keep the dataset on volumes, and shut the compute down when the run is done. The data stays in the country.

What changes

What the grant pays for.

Research budgets buy results, not machines that sit idle between studies.

Before

A workstation bought for one study, idle the rest of the year.

Here

Large shapes for the run, shut down when it ends.

Before

Data that cannot leave the country, on a cloud outside it.

Here

Datasets kept in Rwanda for ethics boards and partner agreements.

Before

Results on one laptop.

Here

Volumes and snapshots that outlive the server.

What you run here

Pick the shape the analysis needs, then size down or shut it off.

Volumes for data, snapshots for every milestone.

Published prices, so the grant line is a number.

How it starts

Load the dataset onto a volumeData lives apart from the server that reads it.
Run on a larger shapeAttach the volume and start the analysis.
Snapshot and shut downKeep the results, stop the compute.

Questions

Where does my data live?

In Kigali, on hardware we operate, inside Rwanda. Nothing is mirrored abroad unless you turn on a cross-region replica yourself.

How do I keep data when a server goes away?

What sizes can I start with?

Researchers

Tell us the dataset, the timeline and the residency rules you work under.