Procurement readiness

Know what must be purchased, validated, or unblocked before pilot deployment.

Use this page as the procurement checklist for site-ready distributed AI nodes.

Pilot GPU node kit

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Owner: Infrastructure

Quantity: 3 kits

Lead time: 4–8 weeks

Supplier quote and warranty terms need final validation.

Node power metering pack

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Owner: Field Operations

Quantity: 6 meters

Lead time: 2–3 weeks

None; ready for purchase order.

Runtime hosting servers

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Owner: Solutions Engineering

Quantity: 2 servers

Lead time: 3–6 weeks

Confirm runtime choice: vLLM primary, TGI secondary, Ollama pilot.

Insurance and site safety review

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Owner: Legal / Operations

Quantity: 3 site packs

Lead time: 2 weeks after insurer feedback

Need final thermal, access, and maintenance responsibility matrix.
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