News
CPUs are back: Why agentic AI needs more CPUs than GPUs, and what's next for cloud
CPUs are back: Why agentic AI needs more CPUs than GPUs, and what's next for cloud
April Wong
Product
Nirvana Labs April 2026 Roundup
We opened a free ClickHouse beta. We shipped a stack of platform improvements around security and IaC. We launched a public changelog. And our team came back from CloudFest 2026 with a clear read on where enterprise cloud spend is heading next.
Product Comparison
AWS EBS Alternatives in 2026: Performance, Pricing and Tradeoffs
Compare AWS EBS alternatives by workload, included IOPS, latency, recovery and total cost, with current Nirvana rates and qualified benchmark results.
News
Google Cloud Hyperdisk Balanced, Hyperdisk Balanced HA vs Nirvana Accelerated Block Storage (ABS)
Google Cloud (GCP) Hyperdisk Balanced, Hyperdisk Balanced HA vs Nirvana Accelerated Block Storage (ABS)
Announcement
Product Update: Equivalent Code, API Key Permissions, SIEM, GitHub Auth, Volume Management, and More
Developer workflows, fine-grained security controls, and infrastructure flexibility for your cloud. TL;DR We've shipped a wave of features since the Organizations launch focused on making Nirvana faster to build with, more secure to operate, and more flexible for teams managing production infrastructure: * Equivalent Code Panel → see
Education
What is a cold read?
A cold read happens when data isn't in cache and has to be fetched directly from storage. This happens constantly in production - after restarts, failovers, scaling events.
Education
The Rise of Neoclouds: Why Specialized Cloud Is Winning
Neoclouds are projected to hit $20B+ in 2026 revenue. Here's how GPU-first AI clouds, specialty infrastructure providers, and multi-cloud adoption are reshaping the market — and where performance cloud fits in.
Company
Nirvana Labs March 2026 Roundup
Nirvana Labs March 2026 Roundup — AWS pricing comparison, Accelerated Block Storage (ABS) benchmarks, Nirvana Kubernetes Service (NKS), enterprise SSO & audit logs. Modern cloud for Web3, AI & real-time systems.
Product
Nirvana Kubernetes Service (NKS) is live
TL;DR * Nirvana Kubernetes Service (NKS) is now live. * Run Kubernetes on Nirvana with the same configs and workflows you already use, without managing clusters or infrastructure. * Clusters spin up in minutes with built-in load balancing, persistent storage, and native integration with Nirvana’s modern cloud stack. * Auto-scaling,
Case Study
Benchmarking Block Storage: Nirvana ABS vs AWS EBS
ClickBench reported 10.5× median speedup over tested gp3. Against io2, 77% of queries were within 1.5× runtime. Read the results and limitations.
Hyperscaler, Bare Metal, or Modern Cloud?
TL;DR There are now 3 ways to run infrastructure: * Hyperscalers (AWS/GCP/Azure) → easy to start, but performance is inconsistent and gets expensive as you scale * Bare metal → best performance, but you have to build and manage everything yourself * Modern cloud (e.g. Nirvana) → combines both: fast, consistent performance
Product
Nirvana Cloud Pricing
Nirvana Cloud Pricing Simple and transparent pricing for compute, storage, and networking