Private LLM hosting for companies in South Africa.
Dedicated NVIDIA DGX Spark hardware in EU-Central, run by a Czech company, for teams in South Africa who want inference workloads on a dedicated, single-tenant machine rather than a shared US API. This is a statement about where the hardware sits and who has access to it, not a GDPR compliance claim.
Not legal advice, and not a GDPR compliance claim. South Africa is not an EU or EEA member. GDPR does not apply to a South African-registered company by default. This page describes where GPUwerk's hardware sits and who operates it; it does not tell you whether GDPR, South Africa's own POPIA, or some other framework applies to your business. Confirm that with your own counsel before treating this as a compliance answer.
Why dedicated infrastructure matters, with or without a GDPR requirement
A company in Johannesburg, Cape Town, or Durban handling client records, financial data, or proprietary process information has a plain reason to avoid routing prompts through a third-party US API: the data leaves the building and lands on shared, multi-tenant infrastructure operated by a vendor with its own terms and its own government's legal reach. A dedicated DGX Spark node in EU-Central, running a model you choose, keeps prompts and outputs on hardware assigned to you alone. That's an infrastructure and access-control decision, separate from any question about which privacy law governs your data.
Where does the data sit?
On a dedicated machine in EU-Central. Nothing routes through a US inference API or a shared multi-tenant pool.
Who operates it?
PRINT IT! SE, a Societas Europaea registered in Prague, Czech Republic. Company details at /legal/imprint.
Does POPIA apply here?
South Africa's POPIA, overseen by the Information Regulator, governs personal data processing by South African companies and carries its own cross-border transfer conditions. Whether and how it governs your use of an EU-based processor is a question for a lawyer familiar with POPIA, not this page.
Dedicated hardware vs. a shared API
South Africa is not an EU or EEA member, so GDPR does not bind a South African company by default. If your company handles personal data belonging to EU residents, that data may fall under GDPR regardless of where your company is registered, but that is a fact-specific question this page cannot answer for you. Confirm that with your own counsel before treating any part of this page as a compliance determination. Separately from that question, a single-tenant GPU node in EU-Central avoids the queueing and data-handling terms that come with a shared US API: your prompts don't sit alongside other tenants' traffic, and the model and hardware are yours for the duration of the reservation.
For the compliance file
The facts to check against your own checklist, not a substitute for your own legal review.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Operating entity | PRINT IT! SE, Societas Europaea, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Where is data physically processed? | EU-Central, on a dedicated single-tenant machine assigned to you |
| Supervisory authority for GPUwerk | Czech Office for Personal Data Protection (ÚOOÚ) |
| Does GDPR apply to your company by default? | No. Confirm with your own counsel whether an EU nexus applies to your specific processing |
| Does POPIA apply to your company? | Likely, if you process personal data as a South African-based company; confirm scope with your own counsel |
| US CLOUD Act exposure for GPUwerk infrastructure? | None. No US parent, no US region, no US-incorporated entity in the chain. |
| Pricing | $0.79/hour for a single DGX Spark, $1.79/hour for a two-node cluster (128GB unified memory each); a customer-requested stop holds the reservation at 75% of the running rate |
| DPA available? | Yes, at /legal/dpa. Confirm fit with your counsel |
Questions we get from buyers in South Africa
Does GDPR apply to a company registered in South Africa?
Not by default. South Africa is not an EU or EEA member, so GDPR does not automatically apply to a South African-registered company. South Africa has its own POPIA, overseen by the Information Regulator. Whether GDPR applies to any specific processing you do depends on facts your own counsel should assess.
Why would a company in South Africa use an EU-hosted LLM provider?
Common reasons include EU clients or partners who ask where data is processed, and a preference for keeping prompts off US hyperscaler infrastructure and on dedicated, single-tenant hardware. Neither is a GDPR compliance claim on GPUwerk's part; it's a statement about where the hardware physically sits.
Is a DPA available?
Yes, a standard Art. 28 GDPR-style data processing agreement is published at /legal/dpa. Whether it fits your POPIA obligations is a question for your own counsel.
Is this legal advice?
No. This page describes GPUwerk's infrastructure and corporate structure only. It makes no claim about your compliance obligations under South African law, GDPR, or any other framework.
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