What HorizonIQ does

HorizonIQ provides single-tenant dedicated infrastructure services including managed private cloud, bare metal servers, and GPU servers, complemented by block and object storage, backup and recovery, networking, and security services. The platform is built on Proxmox VE and VMware hypervisors, NVIDIA GPUs (H200, H100, L40S), and the proprietary Compass Portal, which delivers unified orchestration, monitoring, and API-driven automation. The company serves 1,000+ mid-market and enterprise customers across AI/ML, financial services, AdTech, gaming, blockchain, and HPC verticals through 18+ data centers in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America, with a stated 100% uptime SLA and compliance certifications including SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS 3.0, ISO 27001, and HIPAA.

The business operates on a recurring subscription model with quote-based pricing; advertised entry points are GPU servers from $0.70/hour, bare metal from $39/month, and managed private cloud from $1,990/month, with three-year commitment options enabling Spend Portability across services. Revenue streams include managed infrastructure subscriptions, hardware sales, and professional services for migration and custom configurations. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales, a tiered channel partner program (Pinnacle and Gold) with deal registration, and a self-service e-commerce storefront for smaller deployments. Partnerships with VMware (Pinnacle), Proxmox (Gold), Megaport, Veeam (Gold ProPartner), and Zerto anchor the technical ecosystem.

HorizonIQ was formed through the 2018 merger of Internap (founded 1996) and SingleHop (founded 2006) and is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia. The company was acquired by Summit on December 1, 2025 to expand Summit's data center footprint and cloud services. Prior institutional investors include BlackRock, Invesco, Aquiline, and Benefit Street Partners. Leadership comprises CEO John Scanlon, President & COO Ali Marashi, CFO Kevin Bostick, SVP of Product, Marketing, and New Sales Sameer Aghera, and VP of Business Operations Jim Grady, all with deep tenure in data center, networking, and digital infrastructure.

Name

HorizonIQ

Legal name

HorizonIQ

Website

https://www.horizoniq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

HorizonIQ provides single-tenant dedicated cloud, bare metal, and GPU infrastructure across 18+ global data centers for mid-market and enterprise customers in AI, financial services, gaming, AdTech, blockchain, and HPC, complemented by integrated storage, networking, and security services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Managed Cloud Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud & Infrastructure Support (Servers, Storage, Virtualization) (BPAAACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industry/Vertical Cloud Platforms (e.g., Gov/Healthcare/Financial Cloud Regions) (HDABAAAL), Cloud Security Managed Services (CSPM/CWPP/CNAPP) (BPAEADAF), Attack Detection & Response for Cloud/SaaS (SOC for Cloud) (HDADAGAJ)

Keywords

• Managed private cloud
• Dedicated bare metal servers
• GPU cloud infrastructure
• Enterprise infrastructure services
• Cloud repatriation solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Norcross

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices18 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Managed Infrastructure Services: Recurring managed services revenue from single-tenant dedicated infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and platform management. Customers pay recurring fees for dedicated resources with SLAs including uptime guarantees.
2. Hardware Infrastructure: Dedicated hardware sales including servers, storage arrays, and networking equipment deployed in data centers for customer use, with options for hardware refresh cycles.
3. Professional Services: Custom configuration, migration, and implementation services for enterprise customers requiring specialized deployments or compliance configurations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HorizonIQ delivers fully managed, single-tenant dedicated cloud and bare-metal infrastructure—including Managed Private Cloud (VMware and Proxmox VE), Bare Metal Servers, and GPU Dedicated Servers—along with enterprise storage, networking, and security services. Customers access and automate their environments through the proprietary Compass Portal and Compass API, supported by 24/7 expert support, 100% uptime SLAs, and compliance certifications (SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS 3.0, ISO 27001, HIPAA). The portfolio targets compliance-sensitive and performance-intensive use cases such as AI/ML, financial services, gaming, AdTech, blockchain, and HPC across 18+ global data centers.

Product overview

HorizonIQ is a provider of high-performance cloud and bare-metal infrastructure that was acquired by Summit in December 2025. The product portfolio centers on a platform of core infrastructure services—Managed Private Cloud (VMware and Proxmox VE), Bare Metal Servers, and GPU Dedicated Servers—which can be augmented with modular add-ons including Block Storage, Object Storage, Backup and Recovery, Load Balancer, Connectivity/IP Transit, Firewall, and DDoS Mitigation. The Compass Portal provides a unified self-service management layer with API access. HorizonIQ also offers pre-configured Infrastructure in a Box packages, the Spend Portability program for infrastructure flexibility, and industry-specific solutions spanning Financial Services, AdTech, Gaming, AI, Blockchain, and HPC. Solutions are available via private cloud repatriation or hybrid cloud deployment options, all backed by a 100% uptime SLA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Managed Private Cloud Fully managed single-tenant private cloud running on VMware or Proxmox VE hypervisors, with dedicated nodes and a 100% uptime SLA, designed for organizations needing secure, scalable, and compliant infrastructure.
• Bare Metal Servers Single-tenant dedicated servers with full hardware control, no virtualization overhead, and predictable flat-rate pricing, available with up to 50 CPU options including Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC.
• GPU Dedicated Servers Dedicated NVIDIA GPU servers (H200, H100, L40S) on single-tenant infrastructure for AI training, inference, HPC, and graphics workloads, supporting clusters from 3 to hundreds of GPUs.
• Block Storage High-performance block storage supporting iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel protocols, with multi-tenant and dedicated configurations and up to 6000 IOPS per TB.
• Object Storage S3-compatible fully managed object storage on 100% NVMe flash with multi-tenant and dedicated tiers, supporting up to 14 nines of durability.
• Backup and Recovery Fully managed backup and recovery service powered by Veeam, supporting a 3-2-1 backup strategy with same-site and offsite replication to Chicago and Phoenix data centers.
• Load Balancer Fully managed load balancers available in virtual and dedicated hardware variants, supporting Layer 4-7 load balancing with up to 5 million L4 connections per second and 80Gbps throughput on dedicated hardware.
• Connectivity / IP Transit High-throughput internet connectivity with 25G port speeds, a blend of three carriers, and 10TB outbound transfer included per server/node, with HorizonIQ Connect providing on-ramps to 280+ cloud providers via Megaport.
• Firewall Fully managed firewalls in virtual and dedicated hardware variants, with Essential Virtual starting at $249/month at 10Gbps throughput and Ultimate Dedicated providing 6.6Gbps throughput with Layer 2-7 protection.
• DDoS Mitigation Real-time DDoS mitigation service defending against volumetric packet floods, SYN floods, DNS exploits, spoofed attacks, and multi-vector threats, with behavior-based detection across Layers 3, 4, and 7.
• Compass Portal Self-service infrastructure management portal providing real-time control, monitoring, and automation, including server management, monitoring, API access, integrated billing, and support ticketing, with MFA, role-based permissions, and API token control.
• Infrastructure in a Box Pre-configured complete infrastructure packages combining compute, network, storage, and security in a single offering, available in Essential ($255/year), Advanced ($1,288/year), and Ultimate ($6,909/year) tiers.
• Cloud Repatriation Migration service that helps customers move workloads from public cloud to private cloud or bare metal infrastructure with up to 70% cost savings and no egress fees, with hands-off management and compliance support.
• Hybrid Cloud Hybrid cloud solution linking HorizonIQ managed private cloud or bare metal with public cloud providers via HorizonIQ Connect, enabling steady workloads on private infrastructure with on-demand burst to 280+ public cloud providers.
• Financial Services Infrastructure Purpose-built infrastructure solution for financial services including banking/payments, wealth management, algorithmic trading, cryptocurrency exchanges, and compliance, with PCI DSS and SOC 2 certifications.
• AI Infrastructure GPU-powered private cloud and dedicated AI servers for SLMs, computer vision, generative AI, autonomous systems, and anomaly detection workloads, supporting NVIDIA H200, H100, and L40S GPUs with clusters from 3 to hundreds of GPUs.
• AdTech Infrastructure Infrastructure for the AdTech ecosystem including DSP, SSP, publishers, and measurement providers, supporting real-time bidding, identity resolution, fraud detection, ad measurement, DMP, and data clean rooms.
• Gaming Infrastructure Infrastructure for game server hosting, eSports tournaments, game development/testing, content delivery, VR/AR gaming, and in-game analytics, with proprietary load balancers for multiplayer workloads.
• Blockchain Infrastructure Infrastructure for Web3, dApps, and cryptocurrency use cases including mining servers, node hosting, consensus protocols, decentralized applications, and blockchain analytics.
• High Performance Computing (HPC) HPC infrastructure for computational fluid dynamics, molecular dynamics, finite element analysis, weather forecasting, computational chemistry, and quantum computing simulations.
• Proxmox Private Cloud (VMware Alternative) Managed Proxmox VE private cloud offering as an alternative to VMware, supporting both VMs and Linux containers with guided migration including planning, tooling, and hands-on assistance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40-60% cost savings compared to equivalent public cloud deployments
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• VMwareflagshipTechnology or IntegrationVMware Pinnacle Partner status indicating the highest level of partnership. HorizonIQ offers VMware vSphere and vCenter based dedicated infrastructure with certified configurations and enterprise support.
• ProxmoxcoreTechnology or IntegrationGold Partner status with Proxmox VE open-source virtualization platform. Provides Proxmox-based dedicated infrastructure with validated configurations and enterprise support.
• MegaportcoreTechnology or IntegrationSoftware-defined networking partnership enabling customers to configure on-demand connectivity between HorizonIQ infrastructure and major cloud providers, other data centers, and services.
• VeeamcoreTechnology or IntegrationGold ProPartner status for Veeam backup and disaster recovery solutions. Integrated with HorizonIQ infrastructure for enterprise backup-as-a-service and disaster recovery configurations.
• ZertocoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for Zerto disaster recovery and backup solutions integrated with HorizonIQ dedicated infrastructure, providing continuous data protection and disaster recovery capabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• phoenixNAP: phoenixNAP provides dedicated servers, bare metal cloud, and managed hosting with global data center presence, closely matching HorizonIQ's single-tenant infrastructure model and enterprise customer focus. Both compete on cost-predictable dedicated infrastructure for mid-market and enterprise customers.
• Liquid Web: Liquid Web offers managed hosting, dedicated servers, and cloud infrastructure (including VMware-based private cloud) targeting SMBs and enterprise customers, overlapping directly with HorizonIQ's managed private cloud and bare metal product lines.
• Vultr: Vultr provides bare metal servers, cloud compute, and GPU instances across a global footprint, competing directly with HorizonIQ on cost-effective dedicated infrastructure and increasingly on GPU cloud offerings.

Broad incumbents

• OVHcloud: OVHcloud is a major global provider of dedicated servers, private cloud, and public cloud services with extensive data center footprint. It competes with HorizonIQ across bare metal, private cloud (VMware/Proxmox), and now GPU cloud offerings, but at significantly larger scale.
• Equinix Metal: Equinix Metal is the bare metal service from Equinix, offering single-tenant dedicated servers in Equinix IBX data centers globally. It competes with HorizonIQ on dedicated infrastructure within a much larger colocation ecosystem.
• Rackspace Technology: Rackspace provides managed cloud services across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and private cloud, including dedicated infrastructure offerings, with enterprise field sales targeting the same Fortune 1000 customers as HorizonIQ.
• Linode (Akamai): Linode (now part of Akamai) provides dedicated CPU servers, GPU instances, and object storage at developer-friendly pricing, competing with HorizonIQ on entry-level and mid-market dedicated infrastructure workloads.

Peers

• Hetzner:

Emerging players

• CoreWeave: CoreWeave specializes in GPU-accelerated cloud infrastructure purpose-built for AI/ML workloads with NVIDIA H100 GPUs, directly competing with HorizonIQ's GPU Dedicated Servers and AI Infrastructure solution in the AI compute segment.
• Crusoe Cloud: Crusoe provides GPU cloud infrastructure optimized for AI training and inference, often leveraging stranded energy resources. It competes with HorizonIQ in the AI/ML infrastructure segment with a more focused, energy-efficient approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/horizoniq

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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