About ConfigHUB
ConfigHUB is a planning and budgeting platform designed to help organizations make better CPU and GPU infrastructure decisions earlier in the buying cycle.
As artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads continue to grow in scale, density, and complexity, infrastructure planning has become significantly more challenging. Teams are often required to make high-impact decisions with limited visibility into cost drivers, technical trade-offs, and long-term implications. Too frequently, these decisions are made late in the process; after requirements have already been constrained by quotes, procurement timelines, or vendor-specific assumptions.
This dynamic creates friction across organizations. Engineering teams focus on performance and scalability, finance teams seek predictability and budget control, and procurement teams are tasked with executing against decisions that may not have been fully aligned upstream. The result is often rework, delayed timelines, and unexpected costs.
ConfigHUB was created to address this gap by bringing structure, transparency, and clarity to the earliest stages of infrastructure planning. The platform provides a shared foundation where technical and financial stakeholders can explore, model, and compare CPU and GPU configurations before formal vendor engagement begins. By focusing on early-stage planning, ConfigHUB helps organizations align on requirements, assumptions, and trade-offs while there is still flexibility to make informed choices.
Through ConfigHUB, users can evaluate compute configuration options, better understand key cost drivers, and establish realistic budget expectations in advance of procurement. This approach enables more productive downstream conversations with vendors and reduces the likelihood of late-stage surprises.
Why ConfigHUB?
ConfigHUB is created by Hut 8 Canada, drawing on real-world experience designing, deploying, and operating large-scale AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. The platform reflects practical lessons learned from operating compute at scale, including the operational, financial, and organizational realities that influence infrastructure outcomes beyond theoretical models.
ConfigHUB is intentionally positioned as a planning and budgeting tool only. It does not provide pricing commitments, binding quotes, or procurement services. Its purpose is to support better decision-making upstream in the buying cycle, helping organizations enter procurement and vendor discussions better informed, better aligned, and more confident in the choices they make.
What ConfigHUB Is/Isn't
- A planning and budgeting platform
- A decision-support tool
- A way to engage earlier and smarter
- A pricing or quoting engine
- A procurement platform
- A vendor lock-in mechanism
Our Philosophy
We believe infrastructure decisions are most effective when they are made early, collaboratively, and with clear visibility into trade-offs. ConfigHUB exists to support that philosophy by giving teams the tools they need to plan before they buy. Common Planning Scenarios for the use of ConfigHUB are as follows:
- Planning GPU infrastructure for AI training or inference
- Budgeting compute capacity for new workloads
- Comparing CPU vs GPU trade-offs
- Aligning stakeholders before issuing an RFP
Flexible configuration
Explore and compare builds based on your workload and budget.
Real-time budgeting
Instantly see how your build impacts your cost
Faster decision-making
Eliminate delays caused by scattered tools or manual processes.