What G-Core Labs S.A. does

G-Core Labs S.A., headquartered in Luxembourg and founded in 2014, is a privately held infrastructure-as-a-service provider delivering AI infrastructure, cloud computing, content delivery, hosting, and security services to global enterprises and developers. The company operates its own physical infrastructure spanning more than 210 CDN points of presence, 50+ cloud locations, 14,000+ peering partners, 120+ IXP connections, and 200+ Tbps of total network capacity, with an average worldwide response time of 30 milliseconds.

The platform is organized into four natively integrated product lines. AI Infrastructure includes GPU Cloud (NVIDIA H100, A100, L40S), Everywhere Inference (public serverless inference with Smart Routing), Everywhere AI (hybrid training/inference), and AI Cloud Stack (private AI software). Edge Cloud provides virtual machines, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, container and function-as-a-service runtimes, load balancers, virtual private cloud, object storage, managed PostgreSQL, and managed logging. Edge Network covers CDN, FastEdge serverless edge computing, video streaming, and managed/public DNS. Security offerings include L3/4 DDoS protection, NextGen WAF/WAAP, bot management, and API security.

Gcore operates a hybrid go-to-market combining a self-serve product-led growth model (free signup, API and Terraform management, integrated control panel) with enterprise field sales targeting large media, gaming, telecom, and technology customers. Revenue streams span recurring subscriptions (CDN, streaming, hosting, security, managed services) and usage-based billing (GPU cloud, inference, bandwidth). The customer base includes Microsoft, ProSieben/Joyn, Wargaming, Orange, Avast, LALIGA, RTL, Aleph Alpha, Higgsfield AI, Mirantis, NHN Cloud, and Funcom, among others. The company holds GDPR and CCPA compliance certifications and was recognized in 2025 as the only European Leader in the GigaOm Radar for AI Infrastructure.

Name

G-Core Labs S.A.

Legal name

G-Core Labs S.A.

Website

https://gcorelabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

G-Core Labs S.A. is a Luxembourg-headquartered private infrastructure provider operating 210+ CDN points of presence and 50+ cloud locations, delivering AI infrastructure, cloud computing, CDN, streaming, and security services to gaming, media, AI, and enterprise customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Compute Cloud & GPU-as-a-Service (HDAAAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

General-Purpose Compute (VMs & Bare Metal IaaS) (HDABAAAA), AI Compute Virtualization & Scheduling (GPU virtualization, cluster schedulers) (HDAAAAAG)

Keywords

• Cloud infrastructure services
• Content delivery network
• AI cloud computing
• DDoS protection services
• Edge computing platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Contern

HQ country

Luxembourg

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cloud Infrastructure Services: Subscription and usage-based billing for cloud compute, storage, containers, and managed services including Virtual Machines, Bare Metal, Managed Kubernetes, Object Storage, and Managed PostgreSQL
2. AI Infrastructure Services: GPU cloud services for AI training and inference with H100, A100, and L40S GPUs, charged on consumption basis with PAYG options
3. CDN and Content Delivery: CDN services for content acceleration with global PoP network, typically subscription-based with bandwidth allocations
4. Security Services: DDoS protection and WAAP security services, often bundled with cloud and CDN offerings
5. Streaming Platform: Video streaming services including live streaming, video hosting, and specialized streaming for gaming, broadcast, and entertainment

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

G-Core Labs operates as a global infrastructure-as-a-service platform providing AI infrastructure, cloud computing, content delivery, hosting, streaming, and security services. The portfolio includes GPU cloud for AI/ML workloads, edge cloud compute (virtual machines, bare metal, Kubernetes), a CDN with 210+ points of presence, video streaming, and L3/4 DDoS protection plus WAF/WAAP. All products natively integrate with each other at the edge and are delivered across 50+ cloud locations with 200+ Tbps of network capacity.

Product overview

G-Core Labs S.A. operates as a global infrastructure-as-a-service platform providing an integrated portfolio of cloud, edge network, streaming, and security services. The platform architecture consists of AI Infrastructure products (GPU Cloud, Everywhere Inference, AI Cloud Stack, Everywhere AI) for AI/ML workloads; Edge Cloud services (Virtual Machines, Bare Metal, Managed Kubernetes, Containers, FaaS, Load Balancers, VPC, Storage, Databases, Logging) for compute and data management; Edge Network solutions (CDN, FastEdge, Video Streaming, Managed DNS, Public DNS) for content delivery; and Security offerings (NextGen WAF/WAAP, Bot Management, API Security, DDoS Protection). Products are designed to natively integrate with each other, enabling customers to deploy comprehensive infrastructure solutions from a single provider with 210+ CDN PoPs and 50+ cloud locations worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FastEdge: Deploy serverless apps with low-latency edge computing
• Everywhere AI
• GPU Cloud
• Everywhere Inference

Products and services

• GPU Cloud Cloud infrastructure powered by NVIDIA H100, A100, and L40S GPUs for AI/ML training workloads with on-demand scaling capabilities; targeted at AI developers, ML engineers, and data science teams.
• Everywhere Inference Public serverless inference service for real-time AI workloads using Smart Routing to the nearest GPU endpoint; designed for developers running low-latency AI inference at scale.
• AI Cloud Stack Private AI software solution that transforms bare GPUs into a fully operational AI cloud environment within months; targeted at enterprises that want to build their own AI cloud on owned or leased hardware.
• Everywhere AI Scalable enterprise AI platform supporting training and inference across hybrid environments (on-premises, cloud, multi-cloud); targeted at enterprises operating AI workloads across multiple environments.
• Virtual Machines Customizable dedicated virtual servers for running applications with flexible resource configuration; for developers and businesses deploying general-purpose workloads in the cloud.
• Bare Metal Physical dedicated servers for high-performance application deployment with L2 connectivity to virtual instances; for organizations requiring dedicated hardware performance with low-latency networking to cloud VMs.
• Managed Kubernetes Managed container orchestration service enabling easy deployment, scaling, and management of Kubernetes clusters with GPU worker node support; for DevOps teams and platform engineers running containerized workloads.
• Container as a Service Serverless container runtime allowing execution of containerized applications without server provisioning overhead; for developers who want to run containers without managing underlying infrastructure.
• Function as a Service Serverless code execution platform for running event-driven functions without infrastructure management; for developers building event-driven applications.
• Load Balancer Traffic routing service that distributes requests optimally across resources to improve application performance; for application teams requiring high availability and traffic distribution.
• Virtual Private Cloud

Quantifiable outcome

• Microsoft achieved seamless global content delivery with 210+ PoPs integrated into their multi-CDN strategy
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability7 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• dataforestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Strategic partnership with dataforest GmbH for advanced DDoS protection solutions. dataforest uses Gcore's 400G infrastructure and global PoP network to implement zero-loss DDoS protection. A dedicated PoP was established on the Interxion campus in Frankfurt for dataforest.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationAI Infrastructure partnership with NVIDIA for GPU-powered cloud services. Gcore offers H100, A100, and L40S GPU instances for AI training and inference workloads. Featured as a partner logo on the main website.
• IntelcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership with Intel including dedicated partner pages for CPU generations (Ice Lakes, New CPU Generation). Multiple Intel partnership pages referenced on the website.
• DellcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership with Dell Technologies. Featured as a partner logo on the main website.
• EquinixcoreTechnology or IntegrationInfrastructure partnership with Equinix for data center co-location and global connectivity.
• InData LabsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementation and consulting partner for data solutions and integrations.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• OVHcloud: OVHcloud is a European-headquartered cloud and bare metal provider. While less of an AI/CDN specialist, it competes with Gcore for European IaaS workloads and benefits from the same EU data sovereignty tailwind that supports Gcore.
• Hetzner: Hetzner is a European-focused hosting and dedicated server provider. It targets the same SMB and developer audience as Gcore's hosting and VPS lines, though with less emphasis on AI, CDN, and managed services.

Emerging players

• CoreWeave: CoreWeave is an AI-focused GPU cloud provider built on NVIDIA H100/A100 hardware. While narrower than Gcore, it competes head-on for AI training and inference workloads and represents the most direct rival for Gcore's GPU Cloud and Everywhere Inference lines.
• Vultr: Vultr operates a global cloud platform offering VMs, bare metal, and GPU instances. It overlaps with Gcore's compute, GPU, and global footprint targeting developers via self-serve onboarding.
• Lambda Labs: Lambda provides GPU cloud and clusters purpose-built for AI training and inference. It targets the same AI startups and enterprises that Gcore serves via GPU Cloud, with overlap on NVIDIA hardware and consumption-based pricing.

Direct peers

• Fastly: Fastly provides edge cloud and CDN services focused on developer-led delivery, security, and edge compute (Compute@Edge). It overlaps directly with Gcore's CDN, WAF, and FastEdge products for digital and media customers.
• Akamai Technologies: Akamai is the largest pure-play CDN operator with extensive edge security (Kona, Bot Manager, Prolexic DDoS). It competes directly with Gcore in CDN, streaming, DDoS, and edge computing for media and gaming customers like those Gcore serves (RTL, Wargaming).
• Cloudflare: Cloudflare operates a global edge network offering CDN, security (WAF, DDoS), and cloud compute (Workers). It is the closest direct competitor to Gcore's integrated edge-cloud-security platform, targeting similar enterprise and developer customers.

Others

• Imperva (acquired by Thales): Imperva provides WAF, DDoS, bot management, and API protection similar to Gcore's security portfolio. While it does not offer CDN or compute, it is a direct competitor for the application and API security portion of Gcore's stack.

Broad incumbents

• DigitalOcean: DigitalOcean provides IaaS, managed databases, and Kubernetes to developers and SMBs. It shares Gcore's PLG-style self-serve onboarding model and competes in cloud, Kubernetes, and storage, though without comparable AI/CDN/security depth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gcore_official

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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